Okelze Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Okelze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Okelze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okelze Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okelze occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelze? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okelze is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okelze reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Okelze is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Okelze is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 57 percent reside and Lagos, where 29 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeleze | 92 | 4 | / |
| Okweleze | 86 | 4 | / |
| Okellz | 83 | 0 | / |
| Okwelueze | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ookweleze | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okelezo | 77 | 537 | / |
| Okelezu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okolize | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okoloze | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okelsey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoleze | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okelezi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oklaz | 73 | 64 | / |
| Okoloeze | 71 | 98 | / |
| Okolieze | 71 | 73 | / |
| Ekelozie | 71 | 69 | / |
| Okelezoh | 71 | 11 | / |
| Akweleze | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okwulize | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okalaeze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okelezou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okkels | 67 | 380 | / |
| Ockels | 67 | 164 | / |
| Ükelge | 67 | 87 | / |
| Akulze | 67 | 79 | / |
| Okoliezeh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ekealozie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okwuelozo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okwuelizo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekelezieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okluaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eekelz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoloeeze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okelsi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekweleeze | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okelze
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