Okeorji Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okeorji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Okeorji Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1241:1,428,57155,237
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080

Okeorji (20) may also be a first name.

Okeorji Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okeorji occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okeorji.

How Common Is The Last Name Okeorji? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,596,935th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okeorji reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous forename worldwide, held by 20 people.

Okeorji is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 65 percent live, Osun, where 10 percent live and Ondo, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okeyorji931/
Okeorie8650/
Ekeorji8624/
Ukeorji861/
Ekeorie7112/
Okiorie716/
Okyorie711/
Ucheorji674/
Achiorji531/
O'Kearse531/
Okiurier531/
Okhiurehi501/
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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 Okeorji
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