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 surname Okarah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okarah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,817,111th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Okarah reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Okarah is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria Okarah is most common in: Lagos, where 22 percent live, Abia, where 17 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent live. Barring Nigeria Okarah is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
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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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