Okeke Surname
Approximately 428,810 people bear this surname
Okeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 422,988 | 1:419 | 43 |
| United States | 1,780 | 1:203,629 | 19,997 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| England | 847 | 1:65,783 | 7,644 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| DR Congo | 410 | 1:180,194 | 18,301 |
| South Africa | 367 | 1:147,623 | 16,807 |
| Canada | 113 | 1:326,067 | 29,799 |
| Germany | 83 | 1:969,945 | 67,438 |
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Ireland | 52 | 1:90,557 | 5,084 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Iceland | 36 | 1:10,558 | 998 |
| Scotland | 30 | 1:178,461 | 9,900 |
| Taiwan | 26 | 1:901,721 | 6,312 |
| Norway | 25 | 1:205,691 | 23,411 |
| Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Ecuador | 10 | 1:1,590,585 | 18,674 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Belize | 7 | 1:50,782 | 2,565 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Grenada | 2 | 1:54,268 | 1,538 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
The alternate forms: Okèkè (1) are calculated separately.
Okeke (13,197) may also be a first name.
Okeke Demographics
Okeke Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Okeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okeke (Russian: Океке) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Okèkè. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,239th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 16,995 people. The surname Okeke is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okeke are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okeke is also the 50,743rd most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 13,197 people.
The surname Okeke is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 422,988 people, or 1 in 419. In Nigeria Okeke is most frequent in: Anambra, where 49 percent live, Imo, where 12 percent live and Enugu, where 10 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 95 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.
Okeke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okeke surname is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Okeke last name are 41.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.38% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Okeke earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 3.13% more than the national average, earning 356,910 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 34.39% more than the national average, earning R 319,368 per year; in United States they earn 15.87% more than the national average, earning $49,996 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.68% more than the national average, earning $66,418 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okeke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okeke in the Russian language | ||
| Океке | okeke | - |
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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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- 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 Okeke
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