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
The surname Okayo is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okayo? popularity and diffusion
Okayo is the 555,669th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. The last name Okayo is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okayo live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okayo is also the 488,964th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 322 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 511 people, or 1 in 90,372. In Kenya Okayo is most prevalent in: Siaya County, where 45 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 25 percent live and Kisumu County, where 13 percent live. Besides Kenya Okayo occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Okayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Okayo last name is principally 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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