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
Okela (Oriya: ଓେକଲା, Russian: Окела) occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 663,740th most common surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 16,122,889 people. Okela occurs predominantly 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 commonly used forename world-wide. It is borne by 77 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found 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
- 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 Okela
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