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 surname Okelue is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelue? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 276,073rd most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 5,186,865 people. It 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. It is also the 1,181,159th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 68 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,369 people, or 1 in 129,396. In Nigeria Okelue is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 35 percent live, Delta, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 17 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also found 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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