Okayo Surname
Approximately 573 people bear this surname
Okayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 511 | 1:90,372 | 8,122 |
| Sudan | 36 | 1:1,041,950 | 3,038 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Okayo (322) may also be a first name.
Okayo Demographics
Okayo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okayo is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Okayo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okayo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 555,669th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. Okayo is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okayo reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okayo is also the 488,964th most commonly used forename internationally. It is borne by 322 people.
The surname Okayo is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 511 people, or 1 in 90,372. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Siaya County, where 45 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 25 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 6 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Okayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Okayo
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