Okara Surname
Approximately 5,253 people bear this surname
Okara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,689 | 1:48,019 | 3,696 |
| Kenya | 718 | 1:64,317 | 6,214 |
| Ukraine | 262 | 1:173,751 | 23,854 |
| Ivory Coast | 177 | 1:130,346 | 6,319 |
| Russia | 141 | 1:1,022,149 | 78,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56 | 1:145,602 | 20,089 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Pakistan | 37 | 1:4,828,213 | 31,875 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Okara (4,577) may also be a first name.
Okara Demographics
Average Okara Salary in
United States
$49,177 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okara (Hindi: ओकारा, Marathi: ओकरा, Oriya: ଓକାରା, Russian: Окара) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okara.
How Common Is The Last Name Okara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 91,148th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,387,311 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Okara reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 101,518th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 4,577 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,689 people, or 1 in 48,019. In Nigeria Okara is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 18 percent live, Rivers, where 17 percent live and Bayelsa, where 16 percent live. Other than Nigeria Okara occurs in 35 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 14 percent live and Ukraine, where 5 percent live.
Okara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Okara surname is principally Christian (50%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Muslim (71%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Okara last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Okara earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 13.97% more than the national average, earning $49,177 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓକାରା | okara | - |
| Okara in the Marathi language | ||
| ओकरा | okara | 75 |
| ओकारा | okara | 16.67 |
| ओकार | okara | 8.33 |
| Okara in the Hindi language | ||
| ओकारा | okara | 66.67 |
| अोकारा | aokara | 13.33 |
| ओकार | okara | 6.67 |
| औकारा | aukara | 6.67 |
| औकरा | aukara | 6.67 |
| Okara in the Russian language | ||
| Окара | okara | - |
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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 Okara
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