Okenze Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Okenze Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 128 | 1:1,383,928 | 53,929 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okenze (17) may also be a first name.
Okenze Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okenze Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okenze is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okenze.
How Common Is The Last Name Okenze? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,581,912th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname Okenze occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okenze live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okenze is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename at a global level, held by 17 people.
Okenze is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 1,383,928. In Nigeria Okenze is most common in: Enugu, where 76 percent are found, Abia, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oukenze | 92 | 12 | / |
| Okenzie | 92 | 3 | / |
| Gokenze | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okenge | 83 | 1,777 | / |
| Ekenze | 83 | 269 | / |
| Akenze | 83 | 59 | / |
| Okenza | 83 | 5 | / |
| Okenzi | 83 | 3 | / |
| Oknz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekendze | 77 | 21 | / |
| Oukenza | 77 | 10 | / |
| Akendze | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akenzea | 77 | 1 | / |
| O'Kuenz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hokenza | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akenzie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okens | 73 | 65 | / |
| Akenz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akkenzhe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ackenzie | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hockence | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akenge | 67 | 181 | / |
| Ockens | 67 | 63 | / |
| Hokens | 67 | 29 | / |
| Okinza | 67 | 27 | / |
| Okkens | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ekenzi | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ukenge | 67 | 16 | / |
| Okenji | 67 | 15 | / |
| Okensa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Akenza | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ashkenzie | 67 | 9 | / |
| Akenzi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okengi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okemzi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akinze | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okinzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okensi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukenza | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okench | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hockenjer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gokens | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Okenze
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis