Okelekele Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okelekele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okelekele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1411:1,256,33250,205
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Okelekele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okelekele has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okelekele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okelekele is the 1,484,726th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okelekele live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Okelekele is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent reside and Rivers, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Okelekele occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

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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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