Okaza Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Okaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Okaza (10) may also be a first name.
Okaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okaza is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okaza? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,555,468th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. Okaza occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okaza live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okaza is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name globally, borne by 10 people.
Okaza is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria Okaza is mostly found in: Cross River, where 58 percent reside, Lagos, where 36 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Okaza
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