Okerke Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Okerke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Okerke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okerke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okerke is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Okerke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okerke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,755,741st most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name Okerke is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Okerke are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 24 percent are found, Enugu, where 23 percent are found and Delta, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okerkee | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okaerke | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okeereke | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okeireke | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akerke | 83 | 311 | / |
| Okreke | 83 | 58 | / |
| Gokerk | 83 | 57 | / |
| Hokerk | 83 | 18 | / |
| Okorke | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ekerke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okirke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oudkerk | 77 | 481 | / |
| Okrekee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oukkerk | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okerche | 77 | 1 | / |
| O'Korke | 77 | 0 | / |
| Hokrek | 67 | 32 | / |
| Hokirk | 67 | 17 | / |
| Okarki | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okirka | 67 | 3 | / |
| Odkirk | 67 | 2 | / |
| O'Kirk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okorki | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukerka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekarke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ockerg | 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 Okerke
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