Okereje Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Okereje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Okereje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okereje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okereje is most common in Uganda. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okereje? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Okereje is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okereje live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 3,903,928. In Uganda Okereje is most frequent in: Amuria District, where 70 percent are found, Soroti District, where 20 percent are found and Bukedea District, where 10 percent are found. Besides Uganda it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 29 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeree | 92 | 6 | / |
| Okerej | 92 | 2 | / |
| Okereji | 86 | 158 | / |
| Akereje | 86 | 68 | / |
| Okerege | 86 | 42 | / |
| Okereye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Okereja | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okereze | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akeredje | 80 | 11 | / |
| Okerejai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Okerieze | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okerie | 77 | 542 | / |
| Okerue | 77 | 60 | / |
| Okerei | 77 | 9 | / |
| Okereu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okerea | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akeree | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okerye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akerejaye | 75 | 7 | / |
| Akereja | 71 | 413 | / |
| Okerezi | 71 | 32 | / |
| Okeriye | 71 | 9 | / |
| Akereie | 71 | 9 | / |
| Okeraji | 71 | 5 | / |
| Okeregi | 71 | 5 | / |
| Okeresi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Akoreje | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okoroje | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akereye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okoreie | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okereyi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akerege | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okerueh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akereze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ockerey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okireye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okorejo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okoreye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okerize | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akerejo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okoereu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akerejah | 67 | 52 | / |
| Okerecha | 67 | 11 | / |
| Okerechi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okoriejo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okorojee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeerhie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akerejoa | 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 Okereje
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