Okapia Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okapia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okapia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda481:813,31838,363
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Okapia Last Name Facts

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

Okapia is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Okapia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okapia? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okapia is the 2,506,728th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name Okapia occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Okapia are found; 81 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 813,318. In Uganda Okapia is mostly concentrated in: Pallisa District, where 77 percent reside, Bukedea District, where 15 percent reside and Budaka District, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekapia837/
Okopia836/
Akapia833/
Okapya831/
Hokopia777/
Hakapia771/
Okopio6759/
Ekopia6732/
Akopia675/
Gokapaaya671/
Aucapia626/
Hakapya624/
Ukuopia621/
Ukaipya621/
Aucapiða573/
Acopio501,588/
Ocopio50314/
Acapio506/
Akopio503/
Okopyo503/
Okopya501/

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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 Okapia
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