Okani Surname
Approximately 2,589 people bear this surname
Okani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,487 | 1:119,128 | 7,868 |
| Ivory Coast | 331 | 1:69,702 | 3,927 |
| Cameroon | 182 | 1:114,116 | 13,201 |
| Kenya | 146 | 1:316,301 | 19,644 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Congo | 87 | 1:57,346 | 5,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66 | 1:123,541 | 16,840 |
| Uganda | 60 | 1:650,655 | 33,621 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Indonesia | 38 | 1:3,480,242 | 186,493 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Georgia | 8 | 1:468,193 | 17,304 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Okani (814) may also be a first name.
Okani Demographics
Average Okani Salary in
United States
$44,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okani (Arabic: لوكاني, Georgian: ოკანი) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Okani.
How Common Is The Last Name Okani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 167,097th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,814,811 people. Okani is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Okani are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 286,493rd most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 814 people.
The last name Okani is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,487 people, or 1 in 119,128. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 27 percent reside, Enugu, where 11 percent reside and Abia, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
Okani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Okani surname are 5.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 58.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Okani earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.76% less than the national average, earning R 155,040 per year and in United States they earn 2.26% more than the national average, earning $44,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okani in the Georgian language | ||
| ოკანი | okani | - |
| Okani in the Arabic language | ||
| لوكاني | lwkany | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Okani
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