Okeneye Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okeneye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okeneye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3051:580,79628,045
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Okeneye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okeneye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Okeneye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Okeneye click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okeneye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 868,551st most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 23,357,519 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okeneye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 305 people, or 1 in 580,796. In Nigeria Okeneye is most frequent in: Ogun, where 41 percent reside, Lagos, where 31 percent reside and Bauchi, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Zambia, where 0 percent reside.

Okeneye Last Name Statistics demography

Okeneye earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.91% more than the national average, earning $43,542 USD 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 Okeneye
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