Okeife Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okeife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okeife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria401:4,428,569120,862
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States71:51,779,848968,877
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Okeife Last Name Facts

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

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

How Common Is The Last Name Okeife? popularity and diffusion

Okeife is the 2,605,694th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Okeife live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 4,428,569. In Nigeria Okeife is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 83 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Ogun, where 3 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.

Okeife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Okeife has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Okeife surname decreased 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Okeife Last Name Statistics demography

Okeife earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 68.36% more than the national average, earning $72,646 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Keife9237/
Okeiffe9217/
Okefe91367/
Okife91115/
Okeif913/
O'Keiffe8645/
Okeefe8319,196/
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Okif801/
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Oikef731/
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O'Keeffe7120,142/
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Okkeeffe713/
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Okiefa6713/
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Askeif673/
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Okeyev671/
Okheev671/
Akeffe671/
Akefie671/
Ouceif671/
Akeifa671/
Okeefi671/
Hoceif671/
Akefeh671/
Askife671/
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Ekefie671/
Akoefe671/
Ukoefe671/
O'Keeffer670/
O'Keff670/
Okaffe670/
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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 Okeife
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