Okelo Surname
Approximately 13,223 people bear this surname
Okelo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10,235 | 1:4,512 | 651 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Uganda | 731 | 1:53,405 | 6,371 |
| Tanzania | 714 | 1:74,148 | 7,720 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| United States | 70 | 1:5,177,985 | 261,849 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okelo (2,983) may also be a first name.
Okelo Demographics
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Okelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okelo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 39,695th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 551,127 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okelo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 132,598th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 2,983 people.
This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 10,235 people, or 1 in 4,512. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 26 percent live, Siaya County, where 20 percent live and Migori County, where 16 percent live. Excluding Kenya this surname is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 10 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
Okelo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Okelo last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% registered with the political party.
Okelo earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.57% more than the national average, earning $51,592 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 Okelo
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