Okechi Surname
Approximately 9,274 people bear this surname
Okechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,394 | 1:32,841 | 2,723 |
| Uganda | 2,140 | 1:18,243 | 2,766 |
| Kenya | 1,542 | 1:29,948 | 3,291 |
| Tanzania | 143 | 1:370,221 | 27,074 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Okechi (3,088) may also be a first name.
Okechi Demographics
Okechi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okechi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okechi? popularity and diffusion
Okechi is the 54,861st most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 785,804 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okechi reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 129,806th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 3,088 people.
The surname Okechi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,394 people, or 1 in 32,841. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 41 percent reside, Abia, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 23 percent reside and Kenya, where 17 percent reside.
Okechi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Okechi surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Okechi earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 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
- 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 Okechi
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