Okela Surname
Approximately 452 people bear this surname
Okela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Uganda | 72 | 1:542,212 | 30,029 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okela (77) may also be a first name.
Okela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okela (Oriya: ଓେକଲା, Russian: Окела) is most common in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 663,740th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okela are found; 44 percent are found in Central Africa and 44 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Okela is also the 1,100,117th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 77 people.
It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Barring The DR Congo Okela is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 27 percent are found and Uganda, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okela in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓେକଲା | oekala | - |
| Okela in the Russian language | ||
| Окела | okela | - |
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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 Okela
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