Okep Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Okep Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okep Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea2351:34,6974,087
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okepe8920/
Oukep891/
Okeep890/
Okiep890/
Okephe807/
Okeepe806/
Hokepp802/
Houkep801/
Hokept801/
Ekep75400/
Akep75202/
Ocep7575/
Okip7557/
Ukep755/
Okeb752/
Okeiphe7317/
Okheape738/
O'Keepe732/
Okeeppe730/
Akepe67248/
Okeev67230/
Okeeb6741/
Hokip6729/
Akeep678/
Ukepe677/
Okaip676/
Okipe675/
Akeph672/
Okyop671/
Okoyp671/
Okiph671/
Ochep671/
Akcep671/
Hekep671/
Okipp671/
O'Keaphe671/
Hakep671/
Agkep671/
Okebs671/
Okieb671/
Akept671/

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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
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  • 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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