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
Okelo occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 39,695th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 551,127 people. The surname Okelo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okelo reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okelo is also the 132,598th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 2,983 people.
The last name Okelo is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 10,235 people, or 1 in 4,512. In Kenya Okelo is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 26 percent reside, Siaya County, where 20 percent reside and Migori County, where 16 percent reside. Other than Kenya it exists 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 carrying the Okelo last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Okelo surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US 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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