Okby Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Okby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Israel101:855,76354,181
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Okby Last Name Facts

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

Okby is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okby.

How Common Is The Last Name Okby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,231,034th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Okby live; 84 percent live in North Africa and 81 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Barring Egypt this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Israel, where 5 percent reside.

Okby Last Name Statistics demography

Okby earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 60.93% more than the national average, earning $69,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okbay89254/
Okboy8920/
Hokby896/
Gokbay802/
Oukbay801/
Hockby800/
Okba754,934/
Okbi751,055/
Okbe7540/
Akby758/
Ekby754/
Oqby752/
Ocby750/
Hockbay731/
Akbay6715,080/
Akbey672,645/
Oukba6758/
Akboy6742/
Hökby6734/
Ukbay6720/
Okvay6715/
Ocbey679/
Ackby678/
Okbai678/
Okbip674/
Askby674/
Ockba673/
Hakby673/
Oukbi672/
Hokba671/
Okkba671/
Oukbe671/
Okbio671/
Okbee671/
Okboa671/
Okbie671/
Gokbe671/
Ocbay671/
Odkbi671/
Okbih671/

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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 Okby
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