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
Average Okema Salary in
United States
$20,075 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okema occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 85,519th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,292,347 people. The surname Okema is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okema live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 524,196th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 285 people.
Okema is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is borne by 5,324 people, or 1 in 7,333. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Gulu District, where 25 percent are found, Kitgum District, where 17 percent are found and Agago District, where 13 percent are found. Besides Uganda Okema occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Okema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily 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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