Okapi Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Okapi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okapi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okapi (845) may also be a first name.

Okapi Last Name Facts

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

Okapi occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okapi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,348,199th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. Okapi is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Okapi live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Okapi is also the 280,595th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 845 people.

It is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 600,647. Without taking into account The DR Congo it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gokapi9117/
Ozkapi911/
Gokapai83177/
Gokapei8311/
Okopi803,401/
Okapa80495/
Ekapi80311/
Akapi8088/
Okape8065/
Ukapi8025/
Okepi8016/
Gokaphai774/
Okapes73288/
Okopie73118/
Okopio7359/
Okaipa7327/
Uckapi7315/
Gokapy7311/
Oscapi739/
Okhape735/
Okopit734/
Okopis733/
Hokapa733/
Akapei733/
Ukapai732/
Okopii732/
Uskapi732/
Akaipi731/
Hakapi731/
Okoipi731/
Aukapi731/
Okopai731/
Okaphe731/
Okaapa731/
Okopiy731/
Gokape731/
Akapit731/
Okepai731/
Hakaspi6715/
Okapets679/
Okheape678/
Gokapay674/
Aukapai674/
Oucapit671/
Gakapai671/
Okoupai671/
Okephie671/
Gokopui671/
Akapoit671/

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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
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  • 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 Okapi
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