Okegan Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Okegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okegan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin321:322,98825,835
England41:13,929,515290,718
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

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 may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okegan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Okegan live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 322,988. In Benin it is most frequent in: Plateau Department, where 78 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 13 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 6 percent live. Barring Benin Okegan exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.

Okegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Okegan has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Okegan last name increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Kegan921/
Oskhegan861/
O'Keegan861/
Okogan836/
Ekegan832/
Okigan831/
Akegan831/
O'Kehegan800/
Okegoun771/
Okeghaim713/
Okeghone711/
Ekeugann711/
Akogan6718/
Uikegaund672/
Acegan671/
Akagan671/
Okogheaun671/
Hocheggan671/
Huskegane670/
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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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