Okehielem Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Okehielem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
Okehielem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okehielem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okehielem is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Okehielem.
How Common Is The Last Name Okehielem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,530,696th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. Okehielem is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Okehielem live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria Okehielem is most common in: Lagos, where 23 percent reside, Enugu, where 19 percent reside and Rivers, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okehelem | 94 | 13 | / |
| Okhielen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Okelem | 80 | 3 | / |
| Akahielem | 78 | 1 | / |
| Okeleme | 75 | 79 | / |
| Ochelem | 75 | 27 | / |
| Okoelem | 75 | 9 | / |
| Akhileme | 71 | 9 | / |
| Oikeleme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ockeloem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akelem | 67 | 115 | / |
| Ekelem | 67 | 105 | / |
| Okilim | 67 | 39 | / |
| Ocelem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akheileme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeliem | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ekeleam | 63 | 1 | / |
| Akeleme | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hekelem | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ekelehem | 59 | 3 | / |
| Heukelem | 59 | 2 | / |
| Akiyelen | 59 | 1 | / |
| Akhaleem | 59 | 1 | / |
| Akelim | 53 | 4 | / |
| Ekelim | 53 | 2 | / |
| Ocilim | 53 | 1 | / |
| Acelem | 53 | 1 | / |
| Akilim | 53 | 1 | / |
| Akkilim | 50 | 30 | / |
| Akaleem | 50 | 8 | / |
| Aquelem | 50 | 1 | / |
| Aqeleme | 50 | 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
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- 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 Okehielem
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