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 more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okayo is the 555,669th most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 12,718,230 people. The surname 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. It is also the 488,964th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 322 people.
The surname Okayo is most numerous 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 are found, Homa Bay County, where 25 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 6 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Okayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname 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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