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
Average Okeke Salary in
United States
$49,996 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okeke (Russian: Океке) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Okèkè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,239th most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,995 people. Okeke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okeke live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okeke is also the 50,743rd most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 13,197 people.
The last name Okeke is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 422,988 people, or 1 in 419. In Nigeria Okeke is mostly found in: Anambra, where 49 percent reside, Imo, where 12 percent reside and Enugu, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 95 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
Okeke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Okeke surname are 41.15% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.38% being registered with the political 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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