Okeche Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Okeche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Okeche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okeche is more frequently found in South Sudan than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Okeche click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeche? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okeche is the 4,307,654th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okeche live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Okeche is most commonly used in South Sudan, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,268,342. Outside of South Sudan it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 24 percent live and Kenya, where 19 percent live.
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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 Okeche
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