Okarike Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Congo

Okarike Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okarike Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1341:1,321,96152,161
Congo561:89,0917,544

Okarike Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okarike Come From? nationality or country of origin

Okarike is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okarike? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,227,038th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The surname Okarike is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okarike live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 91 percent are found, Kwara, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Congo, where 29 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 Okarike
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