Okereka Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Okereka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 228 | 1:776,942 | 34,923 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Okereka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okereka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okereka occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okereka? popularity and diffusion
Okereka is the 1,076,574th most commonly held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 31,684,982 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okereka live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 51 percent reside, Edo, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Okereka occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okerekea | 93 | 4 | / |
| Okereaka | 93 | 3 | / |
| Okereke | 86 | 103,248 | / |
| Ekereka | 86 | 125 | / |
| Akereka | 86 | 26 | / |
| Okerika | 86 | 12 | / |
| Okareka | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okereki | 86 | 2 | / |
| Okireka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okereko | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ukereka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okerieke | 80 | 32 | / |
| Ukerekaa | 80 | 23 | / |
| Okereuke | 80 | 6 | / |
| Okereker | 80 | 6 | / |
| Okereike | 80 | 4 | / |
| Okerekee | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ekaereka | 80 | 4 | / |
| Okeereke | 80 | 3 | / |
| Okerekei | 80 | 3 | / |
| O'Kereke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gokereke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Okerreke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Okeireke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ohkereke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okereeke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okerekes | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekereuka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ookereke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okerekie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oskereke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oukereke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okcereke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okereshko | 75 | 238 | / |
| Okeriekie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ukereakaa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okirika | 71 | 485 | / |
| Ukereke | 71 | 113 | / |
| Okaraka | 71 | 85 | / |
| Okoroka | 71 | 61 | / |
| Okorika | 71 | 57 | / |
| Okerike | 71 | 39 | / |
| Ekerika | 71 | 31 | / |
| Ekareka | 71 | 30 | / |
| Okareko | 71 | 19 | / |
| Akereke | 71 | 16 | / |
| Okarika | 71 | 10 | / |
| Okireke | 71 | 6 | / |
| Akareka | 71 | 4 | / |
| Akereko | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okeriki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akireka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okiraka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okeroko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akerika | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akeraka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akereuke | 67 | 29 | / |
| Okirieke | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ekearika | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okirikah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okhirika | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okorocka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekericka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocherika | 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 Okereka
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