Okarah Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Okarah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Okarah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okarah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okarah is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Okarah.
How Common Is The Last Name Okarah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,817,111th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okarah reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okarah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 22 percent reside, Abia, where 17 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Okarah
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