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.
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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 held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okara? popularity and diffusion
Okara is the 91,148th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,387,311 people. The surname Okara is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Okara are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okara is also the 101,518th most numerous first name in the world, held by 4,577 people.
The last name Okara is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,689 people, or 1 in 48,019. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 18 percent are found, Rivers, where 17 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Okara occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 14 percent are found and Ukraine, where 5 percent are found.
Okara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okara last name is primarily Christian (50%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Muslim (71%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Okara are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US 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
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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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