Okekpe Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Okekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 326 | 1:543,383 | 26,582 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Okekpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okekpe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okekpe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 827,165th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. The surname Okekpe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okekpe are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 326 people, or 1 in 543,383. In Nigeria Okekpe is most numerous in: Benue, where 38 percent live, Abia, where 20 percent live and Cross River, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okekpeh | 92 | 24 | / |
| Okoekpe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okaekpe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okeakpe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okeikpe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okiekpe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okekp | 91 | 3 | / |
| Okekpa | 83 | 248 | / |
| Okokpe | 83 | 37 | / |
| Ekekpe | 83 | 30 | / |
| Ukekpe | 83 | 14 | / |
| Okakpe | 83 | 8 | / |
| Akekpe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Okikpe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okhakpe | 77 | 29 | / |
| Okeakpa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Okuikpe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ekaekpe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Okeikpa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ocheikpe | 71 | 11 | / |
| Akokpe | 67 | 298 | / |
| Okikpa | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ocikpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akaakpe | 62 | 40 | / |
| Okokpai | 62 | 38 | / |
| Okitkpi | 62 | 16 | / |
| Akhakpe | 62 | 16 | / |
| Achekpe | 62 | 7 | / |
| Ukoikpe | 62 | 4 | / |
| Okoikpa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Akcoikpe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Akikpa | 50 | 26 | / |
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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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- 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 Okekpe
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