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

The last name Okarike occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Okarike click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okarike? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,227,038th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 38,355,505 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okarike are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 91 percent live, Kwara, where 4 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Congo, where 29 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 Okarike
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