Okelani Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tuvalu

Okelani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okelani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tuvalu11:11,188103

Okelani (7) may also be a first name.

Okelani Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okelani Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Okelani (Russian: Окелани) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Okelani click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okelani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Okelani live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okelani is also the 4,548,448th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 7 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 50 percent are found and Ogun, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 20 percent are found and South Africa, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okelana86359/
Okalani869/
Okelenyi8058/
Okalanyi8034/
Okoliani807/
Okaliani806/
Akelanyi801/
Ashkelani75488/
Ekeleni7150/
Ekalani7122/
Akalani7120/
Akilani718/
Okoloni718/
Akeleni714/
Akeloni714/
Ekilani713/
Okaloni712/
Ecolani711/
Akelane711/
Ekelane711/
Okiloni711/
Akelenyi6723/
Okallany6710/
Ekaliani678/
Okolloni677/
Okalanea673/
Akalanyi673/
Okolonyi672/
Akalyani672/
Askilani671/
Akilaini671/
Ekalyani671/
Oukalane671/
Uccelani671/
Uskilani671/
Askelane671/

Okelani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Okelani in the Russian language
Океланиokelani-

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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 Okelani
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