Okep Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Okep Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 235 | 1:34,697 | 4,087 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Okep (196) may also be a first name.
Okep Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okep Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okep is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okep? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okep is the 1,038,570th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name Okep is mostly found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Okep reside; 98 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 98 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Okep is also the 648,004th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 196 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 34,697. In Papua New Guinea Okep is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 55 percent reside, Hela, where 22 percent reside and Enga, where 21 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okepe | 89 | 20 | / |
| Oukep | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okeep | 89 | 0 | / |
| Okiep | 89 | 0 | / |
| Okephe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Okeepe | 80 | 6 | / |
| Hokepp | 80 | 2 | / |
| Houkep | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hokept | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekep | 75 | 400 | / |
| Akep | 75 | 202 | / |
| Ocep | 75 | 75 | / |
| Okip | 75 | 57 | / |
| Ukep | 75 | 5 | / |
| Okeb | 75 | 2 | / |
| Okeiphe | 73 | 17 | / |
| Okheape | 73 | 8 | / |
| O'Keepe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okeeppe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Akepe | 67 | 248 | / |
| Okeev | 67 | 230 | / |
| Okeeb | 67 | 41 | / |
| Hokip | 67 | 29 | / |
| Akeep | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ukepe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Okaip | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okipe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Akeph | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okyop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoyp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okiph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ochep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akcep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hekep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okipp | 67 | 1 | / |
| O'Keaphe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hakep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agkep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okebs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okieb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akept | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okep
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