Okema Surname
Approximately 5,639 people bear this surname
Okema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 5,324 | 1:7,333 | 1,278 |
| Kenya | 204 | 1:226,372 | 15,911 |
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Okema (285) may also be a first name.
Okema Demographics
Okema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okema is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 85,519th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,292,347 people. The last name Okema occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okema reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 524,196th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 285 people.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 5,324 people, or 1 in 7,333. In Uganda Okema is mostly concentrated in: Gulu District, where 25 percent live, Kitgum District, where 17 percent live and Agago District, where 13 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Okema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
The amount Okema earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 53.48% less than the national average, earning $20,075 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.02% less than the national average, earning $36,261 CAD 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 Okema
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