Okanla Surname

636,210th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 479 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okanla Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okanla Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4211:420,76721,816
United States351:10,355,970420,657
Benin161:645,97538,126
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
England21:27,859,030389,889
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Okanla (142) may also be a first name.

Okanla Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okanla Come From? nationality or country of origin

Okanla occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okanla.

How Common Is The Last Name Okanla? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 636,210th most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Okanla live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okanla is also the 775,413th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 142 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 421 people, or 1 in 420,767. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kwara, where 53 percent live, Oyo, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and Benin, where 3 percent live.

Okanla Last Name Statistics demography

Okanla earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.38% less than the national average, earning $39,102 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okanlas921/
Gokanla921/
Okanlaja862/
Okanli8337/
Okonla8322/
Akanla8312/
Ekanla835/
Okanle831/
Ozkanli7719/
Okuonla776/
Okcanli775/
Ozkanly773/
Okonlia773/
Okounla772/
Hokonla771/
Okeunla771/
Gokhanle714/
Houkanli713/
Houkanlo713/
Akhanlas711/
Akanle672,980/
Akanli6770/
Ocaunilla6764/
Okonle6717/
Okonli6716/
Akanlo6712/
Ukanli675/
Okonlo673/
Akonla671/
Ukanlahah671/

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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 Okanla
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