Okaye Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Okaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 105 | 1:439,809 | 23,523 |
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Iran | 20 | 1:3,839,126 | 105,129 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Okaye (91) may also be a first name.
Okaye Demographics
Okaye Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okaye is most common in Kenya. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 816,514th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. Okaye is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Okaye live; 42 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Okaye is also the 998,282nd most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 91 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 439,809. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 93 percent reside, Busia County, where 4 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 31 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside.
Okaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okaye surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Okaye earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 81.1% less than the national average, earning R 44,916 per year and in United States they earn 43.7% less than the national average, earning $24,292 USD per year.
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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 Okaye
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