Okelekele Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Okelekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 141 | 1:1,256,332 | 50,205 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Okelekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okelekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okelekele is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Okelekele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelekele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okelekele is the 1,484,726th most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname Okelekele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okelekele are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Okelekele is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria Okelekele is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okelekle | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ekelekele | 89 | 5 | / |
| Akelekele | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ikelekele | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okelekli | 82 | 3 | / |
| Ekwelekwele | 80 | 27 | / |
| Okelokelo | 78 | 68 | / |
| Okeleghel | 78 | 48 | / |
| Okelakelo | 78 | 1 | / |
| Okalekale | 78 | 1 | / |
| Aklekle | 75 | 200 | / |
| Ikelkel | 75 | 65 | / |
| Ikelekl | 75 | 1 | / |
| Akelikiele | 74 | 1 | / |
| Aklekile | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikle Kle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikelakela | 67 | 96 | / |
| Akelakela | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akel Akel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akawelkle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okelokula | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okello-Okelo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okello'kello | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akalekalai | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Okelekele
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