Okbe Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Sweden

Okbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Okbe (13) may also be a first name.

Okbe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okbe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Okbe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Okbe.

How Common Is The Last Name Okbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Okbe live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okbe is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name globally, held by 13 people.

The surname Okbe is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Federal Capital Territory, where 36 percent reside, Benue, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Okbe exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Egypt, where 10 percent reside.

Okbe Last Name Statistics demography

Okbe earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.69% less than the national average, earning $29,906 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oukbe891/
Okbee891/
Gokbe891/
Okbie891/
Okba754,934/
Okbi751,055/
Okby75189/
Akbe7551/
Ocbe7514/
Ukbe755/
Ekbe754/
Oqbe752/
Houckbe731/
Akbey672,645/
Okbay67254/
Akbez67103/
Oukba6758/
Okboy6720/
Hokhberh6718/
Akbeğ6714/
Ocbey679/
Okbai678/
Hokby676/
Ekbea675/
Okbip674/
Akbed674/
Akbie673/
Ukbet673/
Ockba673/
Ekhbe672/
Oukbi672/
Goqbe671/
Hokba671/
Okkba671/
Okbio671/
Ocbea671/
Odkbi671/
Okbih671/
Hocbe671/
Ekbei671/
Okboa671/

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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 Okbe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis