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 surname Okep is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Okep click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okep? popularity and diffusion
Okep is the 1,038,570th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name Okep occurs predominantly 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 occurring given name globally, held by 196 people.
Okep is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 34,697. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Southern Highlands, where 55 percent are found, Hela, where 22 percent are found and Enga, where 21 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
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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