Okere Surname
Approximately 86,631 people bear this surname
Okere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83,733 | 1:2,116 | 277 |
| Kenya | 819 | 1:56,386 | 5,601 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Benin | 407 | 1:25,395 | 3,399 |
| United States | 368 | 1:984,943 | 73,005 |
| Uganda | 246 | 1:158,696 | 13,812 |
| England | 216 | 1:257,954 | 20,673 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
The alternate forms: Okèrè (1) are calculated separately.
Okere (1,197) may also be a first name.
Okere Demographics
Average Okere Salary in
United States
$47,114 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okere (Russian: Окере) is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant: Okèrè. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,523rd most numerous surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 84,122 people. The surname Okere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okere reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okere is also the 229,048th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 1,197 people.
Okere is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 83,733 people, or 1 in 2,116. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Imo, where 57 percent live, Rivers, where 12 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 50 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Okere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Okere surname are 42.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.35% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Okere earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 26.5% less than the national average, earning R 174,660 per year; in United States they earn 9.19% more than the national average, earning $47,114 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.43% less than the national average, earning $40,029 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okere Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okere in the Russian language | ||
| Окере | okere | - |
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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 Okere
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