Okeja Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Okeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 201 | 1:881,307 | 38,450 |
| Uganda | 82 | 1:476,089 | 27,837 |
| Kenya | 64 | 1:721,561 | 30,456 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Okeja (17) may also be a first name.
Okeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okeja is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 804,502nd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 20,941,224 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okeja live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
Okeja is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 881,307. In Nigeria Okeja is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 22 percent live, Cross River, where 13 percent live and Ondo, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Okeja is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 24 percent live and Kenya, where 18 percent live.
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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 Okeja
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