Okecha Surname
Approximately 6,607 people bear this surname
Okecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 6,384 | 1:6,115 | 1,081 |
| Kenya | 168 | 1:274,880 | 18,068 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okecha (46) may also be a first name.
Okecha Demographics
Okecha Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okecha occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okecha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 74,386th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,103,004 people. The last name Okecha is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okecha are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 70 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okecha is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 46 people.
It is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 6,384 people, or 1 in 6,115. In Uganda Okecha is primarily concentrated in: Nebbi District, where 42 percent are found, Zombo District, where 22 percent are found and Kiryandongo District, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Okecha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily 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 Okecha
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