Okehi Surname

351,607th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,037 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Okehi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okehi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8261:214,45912,741
Ivory Coast1651:139,8266,643
United States311:11,692,224454,091
England71:7,959,723202,100
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Okehi (489) may also be a first name.

Okehi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okehi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Okehi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okehi? popularity and diffusion

Okehi is the 351,607th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,027,527 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Okehi reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 384,341st most common first name worldwide, borne by 489 people.

The surname Okehi is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 826 people, or 1 in 214,459. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 32 percent live, Abia, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Besides Nigeria Okehi exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Okehi Last Name Statistics demography

Okehi earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.34% less than the national average, earning $33,076 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Okie672,207/
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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 Okehi
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