Okegan Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Okegan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 32 | 1:322,988 | 25,835 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Okegan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okegan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okegan is most common in Benin. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okegan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,141,416th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Okegan occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Okegan are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Okegan is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 322,988. In Benin it is mostly found in: Plateau Department, where 78 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 13 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Okegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Okegan has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Okegan last name rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Okegan
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