Okele Surname
Approximately 4,400 people bear this surname
Okele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,349 | 1:75,412 | 5,406 |
| DR Congo | 1,642 | 1:44,994 | 5,457 |
| Congo | 175 | 1:28,509 | 2,993 |
| Cameroon | 107 | 1:194,103 | 20,154 |
| Benin | 57 | 1:181,326 | 17,693 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
Okele (322) may also be a first name.
Okele Demographics
Okele Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Okele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okele is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 106,279th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,656,260 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okele live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okele is also the 488,964th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 322 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,349 people, or 1 in 75,412. In Nigeria Okele is primarily found in: Imo, where 20 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 15 percent are found and Delta, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 37 percent are found and The Congo, where 4 percent are found.
Okele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Okele last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Okele earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.95% more than the national average, earning $48,736 USD per year.
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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 Okele
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