Okeny Surname
Approximately 12,882 people bear this surname
Okeny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 7,731 | 1:5,050 | 926 |
| Sudan | 4,760 | 1:7,880 | 1,122 |
| Kenya | 303 | 1:152,409 | 12,099 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Okeny (73) may also be a first name.
Okeny Demographics
Okeny Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okeny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okeny has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeny? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 40,667th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 565,715 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okeny reside; 62 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okeny is also the 1,134,117th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 73 people.
The last name Okeny is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 7,731 people, or 1 in 5,050. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kitgum District, where 25 percent reside, Lamwo District, where 22 percent reside and Gulu District, where 14 percent reside. Not including Uganda this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 37 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Okeny Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okeny last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Okeny last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Okeny earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.99% less than the national average, earning $39,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.41% less than the national average, earning $35,570 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 Okeny
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