Okerefe Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Okerefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Okerefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okerefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okerefe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okerefe? popularity and diffusion
Okerefe is the 5,587,209th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Okerefe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Okerefe are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Okerefe is most numerous in: Osun, where 55 percent live and Ondo, where 45 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okereafer | 88 | 1 | / |
| Okorefe | 86 | 577 | / |
| Ekerefe | 86 | 63 | / |
| Okarefe | 86 | 52 | / |
| Akierefe | 80 | 23 | / |
| Oekorefe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okerephe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okoriefe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okerew | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okirhiefe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okereafoi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Akorefe | 71 | 34 | / |
| Akerefa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okorafe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akirefe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ekirefe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okorofe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okorefi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akkereev | 67 | 28 | / |
| Akoraefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ashkereev | 63 | 1 | / |
| Akerif | 62 | 1 | / |
| Akherif | 57 | 2 | / |
| Oucerif | 57 | 1 | / |
| Okorofi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Oucherif | 53 | 1,620 | / |
| Okorafoi | 53 | 2 | / |
| Acherefi | 53 | 1 | / |
| Achereaf | 53 | 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 Okerefe
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