Okeka Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Okeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 283 | 1:625,946 | 29,673 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okeka (52) may also be a first name.
Okeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okeka occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 862,604th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. Okeka occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okeka are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 52 people.
Okeka is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 283 people, or 1 in 625,946. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 34 percent live, Ebonyi, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria Okeka occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Kenya, where 2 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 Okeka
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