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 found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okechi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 54,861st most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 785,804 people. Okechi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okechi are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 129,806th most frequent first name internationally, held by 3,088 people.
The surname Okechi is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5,394 people, or 1 in 32,841. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 41 percent are found, Abia, where 23 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 23 percent are found and Kenya, where 17 percent are found.
Okechi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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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