Oken Surname
Approximately 3,144 people bear this surname
Oken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 924 | 1:191,713 | 11,603 |
| India | 768 | 1:998,783 | 42,181 |
| United States | 615 | 1:589,364 | 48,128 |
| Papua New Guinea | 241 | 1:33,833 | 3,966 |
| Uganda | 232 | 1:168,273 | 14,348 |
| Japan | 144 | 1:887,808 | 18,982 |
| Indonesia | 60 | 1:2,204,153 | 134,948 |
| Kazakhstan | 48 | 1:368,385 | 29,407 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 20 | 1:298,633 | 26,437 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Öken (164) & Okén (3) are calculated separately.
Oken (915) may also be a first name.
Oken Demographics
Average Oken Salary in
United States
$51,780 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Oken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oken Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oken (Russian: Окен) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as: Öken or Okén. For other potential spellings of Oken click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oken? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 141,689th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,317,922 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 38 percent of Oken are found; 29 percent are found in West Africa and 29 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 268,007th most frequently used first name on earth. It is borne by 915 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 924 people, or 1 in 191,713. In Nigeria Oken is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 66 percent live, Cross River, where 9 percent live and Enugu, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 32 countries. It is also found in India, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
Oken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Oken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Oken last name grew 6,150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Oken Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those holding the Oken last name are 37.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90.77% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Oken earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.8% less than the national average, earning R 62,256 per year and in United States they earn 20% more than the national average, earning $51,780 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oken in the Russian language | ||
| Окен | oken | - |
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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 Oken
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