Okena Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Okena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 327 | 1:541,721 | 26,511 |
| Papua New Guinea | 239 | 1:34,116 | 4,010 |
| Japan | 23 | 1:5,558,448 | 40,460 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Okena (102) may also be a first name.
Okena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okena (Russian: Окена) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okena.
How Common Is The Last Name Okena? popularity and diffusion
It is the 512,152nd most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. Okena is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Okena live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 935,178th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 102 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 327 people, or 1 in 541,721. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 37 percent live, Cross River, where 24 percent live and Edo, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 37 percent live and Japan, where 4 percent live.
Okena Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Okena has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Okena surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okena in the Russian language | ||
| Окена | okena | - |
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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 Okena
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