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
Okelo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okelo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okelo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okelo is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okelo is the 39,695th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 551,127 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okelo live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okelo is also the 132,598th most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 2,983 people.
Okelo is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 10,235 people, or 1 in 4,512. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Homa Bay County, where 26 percent reside, Siaya County, where 20 percent reside and Migori County, where 16 percent reside. Beside Kenya Okelo is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 10 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
Okelo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Okelo 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
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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 Okelo
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