Okerek Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Okerek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Okerek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okerek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okerek is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okerek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okerek is the 3,274,477th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Okerek live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Okerek is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 43 percent live, Rivers, where 17 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okereke | 92 | 103,248 | / |
| Okereike | 86 | 4 | / |
| Okeereke | 86 | 3 | / |
| O'Kereke | 86 | 2 | / |
| Okerreke | 86 | 2 | / |
| Oukereke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oskereke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ookereke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okeireke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ohkereke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okereeke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okarek | 83 | 20 | / |
| Okorek | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ukerek | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akerek | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hökerek | 77 | 427 | / |
| Hukerek | 77 | 175 | / |
| Ukereke | 77 | 113 | / |
| Okerike | 77 | 39 | / |
| Akereke | 77 | 16 | / |
| Hakerek | 77 | 14 | / |
| Okireke | 77 | 6 | / |
| Ekereak | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekereuk | 77 | 3 | / |
| Höckerek | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akerik | 67 | 354 | / |
| Akyrek | 67 | 36 | / |
| Okarik | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okeric | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okoryk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekerik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okirik | 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 Okerek
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis