Okelai Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Okelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
Okelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okelai is found most in Uganda. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Okelai.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okelai is the 2,555,468th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Okelai is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okelai reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 750,755. In Uganda Okelai is mostly found in: Katakwi District, where 69 percent are found, Ngora District, where 4 percent are found and Soroti District, where 4 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Okelai
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