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
Okelai is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okelai live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Okelai is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 750,755. In Uganda Okelai is primarily found in: Katakwi District, where 69 percent live, Ngora District, where 4 percent live and Soroti District, where 4 percent live. Aside from Uganda this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent live.
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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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