Okepe Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

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

Okepe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okepe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791

Okepe Last Name Facts

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

Okepe occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okepe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Okepe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Okepe are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Okepe is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Okepe is most prevalent in: Niger, where 60 percent reside, Rivers, where 20 percent reside and Benue, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okephe917/
Okeepe916/
Okepeh912/
Okoepe911/
Okep89242/
Okeiphe8317/
Okheape838/
O'Keepe832/
Okephie831/
Okeeppe830/
Akepe80248/
Okeev80230/
Okepa8083/
Okape8065/
Okope8065/
Ekepe8043/
Okeeb8041/
Okepi8016/
Ukepe807/
Okipe805/
Oukep801/
Okiep800/
Okeep800/
O'Keaphe771/
Akepeu73312/
Okopea7320/
Ekepeu737/
Hekepe737/
Hokepa737/
Ackepe736/
Ochepe736/
Okhape735/
Hokepp732/
Hakepe731/
Okipey731/
Ukhepe731/
Okepai731/
Houkep731/
Okiope731/
Ekepey731/
Hokept731/
Okheev731/
Akepie731/
Houskeeper67276/
Akep67202/
Ocep6775/
Okip6757/
Oskiper6734/
Akeupeu673/
Okipets672/
Okeb672/
Ocheipe671/
Okipper671/
Akeuphe671/

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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 Okepe
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