Okarie Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Okarie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
Okarie (12) may also be a first name.
Okarie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okarie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okarie is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okarie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okarie is the 1,604,449th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name Okarie occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Okarie live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name globally It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 35 percent are found, Rivers, where 16 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Okarie occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found.
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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 Okarie
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