Okemo Surname
Approximately 973 people bear this surname
Okemo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 911 | 1:50,691 | 5,151 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okemo (183) may also be a first name.
Okemo Demographics
Okemo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okemo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okemo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okemo occurs most in Kenya. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Okemo.
How Common Is The Last Name Okemo? popularity and diffusion
Okemo is the 369,492nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,489,770 people. The surname Okemo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okemo reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okemo is also the 673,127th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 183 people.
It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 911 people, or 1 in 50,691. In Kenya Okemo is primarily concentrated in: Busia County, where 55 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 13 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 13 percent reside. Other than Kenya Okemo occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Okemo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okemo surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Okemo
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