Okegbe Surname
Approximately 1,570 people bear this surname
Okegbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,535 | 1:115,402 | 7,649 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Okegbe (13) may also be a first name.
Okegbe Demographics
Okegbe Political Affiliation
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Okegbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okegbe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okegbe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 252,136th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,641,749 people. The last name Okegbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okegbe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okegbe is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name globally, held by 13 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,535 people, or 1 in 115,402. In Nigeria Okegbe is mostly found in: Delta, where 33 percent are found, Enugu, where 12 percent are found and Edo, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Okegbe Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Okegbe are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
Okegbe earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 31.26% less than the national average, earning $29,661 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeegbe | 92 | 33 | / |
| Okoegbe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Okaegbe | 92 | 3 | / |
| Okegber | 92 | 2 | / |
| Okeagbe | 92 | 2 | / |
| Okeigbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gokegbe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okhiegbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okheigbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okhoegbe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okogbe | 83 | 1,391 | / |
| Akegbe | 83 | 294 | / |
| Okigbe | 83 | 82 | / |
| Ekegbe | 83 | 59 | / |
| Okagbe | 83 | 45 | / |
| Okegba | 83 | 31 | / |
| Ukegbe | 83 | 12 | / |
| Okhogbe | 77 | 139 | / |
| Okeagba | 77 | 46 | / |
| Akoegbe | 77 | 39 | / |
| Okaigbe | 77 | 35 | / |
| Okhagbe | 77 | 31 | / |
| Ochegbe | 77 | 29 | / |
| Akhegbe | 77 | 14 | / |
| Ukegber | 77 | 11 | / |
| Okhegba | 77 | 6 | / |
| Akehgbe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Okahgbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ukeagbe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okhigbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okeigba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okuigbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akhiegbe | 71 | 28 | / |
| Okhaigbe | 71 | 26 | / |
| Ekhoegbe | 71 | 25 | / |
| Ocheigbe | 71 | 20 | / |
| Okhoigbe | 71 | 10 | / |
| Akhaegbe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Akheigbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekheigbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okhagbhe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akogbe | 67 | 1,030 | / |
| Akigbe | 67 | 377 | / |
| Akagbe | 67 | 85 | / |
| Ekigbe | 67 | 63 | / |
| Akegba | 67 | 56 | / |
| Ukegba | 67 | 31 | / |
| Ekagbe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ekogbe | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okigba | 67 | 13 | / |
| Okhaigbhe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ukigbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Acogbe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okhaingbe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okigbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akegbi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okegbe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis