Okeji Surname
Approximately 1,131 people bear this surname
Okeji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,118 | 1:158,446 | 9,962 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Okeji (127) may also be a first name.
Okeji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okeji is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okeji is the 328,117th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,443,454 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okeji live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 825,494th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 127 people.
The last name Okeji is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,118 people, or 1 in 158,446. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 32 percent reside, Enugu, where 12 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Okeji
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