Okelue Surname
Approximately 1,405 people bear this surname
Okelue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,369 | 1:129,396 | 8,441 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Okelue (68) may also be a first name.
Okelue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okelue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okelue is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelue? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 276,073rd most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,186,865 people. The surname Okelue is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okelue reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okelue is also the 1,181,159th most prevalent forename world-wide. It is borne by 68 people.
The last name Okelue is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,369 people, or 1 in 129,396. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 35 percent live, Delta, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Okelue occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okelaue | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oklue | 91 | 2 | / |
| Okolue | 83 | 147 | / |
| Okeley | 83 | 143 | / |
| Okelie | 83 | 36 | / |
| Okelou | 83 | 6 | / |
| Okalue | 83 | 2 | / |
| Okelwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okelea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ukelue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okelye | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekelue | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okeleye | 77 | 3,084 | / |
| Okeleji | 77 | 371 | / |
| Okeloye | 77 | 21 | / |
| Akaelue | 77 | 9 | / |
| Okeleyi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Okeeley | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okeliye | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okhilue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okeleya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okeulie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ockeley | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okeloie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gokeley | 77 | 0 | / |
| Hokeley | 77 | 0 | / |
| Uklue | 73 | 4 | / |
| Aklue | 73 | 1 | / |
| O'Keeley | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ookeleji | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ockeleij | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ocheluje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oukhellou | 67 | 597 | / |
| Akeley | 67 | 313 | / |
| Akalue | 67 | 139 | / |
| Okelai | 67 | 57 | / |
| Akelou | 67 | 35 | / |
| Akelea | 67 | 21 | / |
| Akelie | 67 | 11 | / |
| Akluea | 67 | 8 | / |
| Okelwa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Akelye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okeloi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okeloa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okilou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oklewe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekalue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okelaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okluis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eeclue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oukhelout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoqlue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeleyahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocelui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okelby | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Okelue
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