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) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 663,740th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 16,122,889 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okela live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 77 people.
The last name Okela is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 198 people, or 1 in 373,129. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common 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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