Okeri Surname
Approximately 1,575 people bear this surname
Okeri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,170 | 1:39,470 | 4,183 |
| Nigeria | 353 | 1:501,821 | 25,034 |
| Serbia | 26 | 1:274,806 | 14,599 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Ókéri (1) are calculated separately.
Okeri (553) may also be a first name.
Okeri Demographics
Okeri Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okeri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okeri occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Ókéri. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 251,505th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,627,013 people. The surname Okeri is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okeri reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Okeri is also the 357,892nd most frequently used forename globally. It is borne by 553 people.
Okeri is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 1,170 people, or 1 in 39,470. In Kenya Okeri is mostly found in: Nyamira County, where 69 percent reside, Kisii County, where 17 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 10 percent reside. Other than Kenya it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent reside and Serbia, where 2 percent reside.
Okeri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Okeri
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