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
Okara Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Okara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okara (Hindi: ओकारा, Marathi: ओकरा, Oriya: ଓକାରା, Russian: Окара) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okara? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 91,148th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,387,311 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Okara live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okara is also the 101,518th most common first name in the world It is held by 4,577 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,689 people, or 1 in 48,019. In Nigeria Okara is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 18 percent reside, Rivers, where 17 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 35 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 14 percent reside and Ukraine, where 5 percent reside.
Okara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Okara last name is chiefly 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 surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political 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
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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 Okara
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