Okanyo Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Okanyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 99 | 1:394,336 | 24,810 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okanyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okanyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okanyo occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okanyo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,718,748th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. Okanyo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okanyo are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 79 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Okanyo is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 394,336. In Uganda Okanyo is primarily concentrated in: Serere District, where 46 percent are found, Ngora District, where 25 percent are found and Oyam District, where 19 percent are found. Beside Uganda this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Okanyo
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