Okebalama Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okebalama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okebalama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1961:903,79039,188
United States131:27,881,456736,413
England11:55,718,059489,080
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Okebalama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okebalama is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okebalama? popularity and diffusion

The last name Okebalama is the 1,136,896th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Okebalama are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 903,790. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 52 percent reside, Rivers, where 22 percent reside and Kebbi, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Okebalama Last Name Statistics demography

Okebalama earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11% more than the national average, earning $47,896 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Okebalama
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