Okero Surname
Approximately 3,553 people bear this surname
Okero Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,418 | 1:13,511 | 1,660 |
| Uganda | 61 | 1:639,988 | 33,288 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Okero (891) may also be a first name.
Okero Demographics
Average Okero Salary in
United States
$26,125 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okero Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okero is found most in Kenya. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okero.
How Common Is The Last Name Okero? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okero is the 127,640th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,051,097 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okero reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 272,255th most common forename globally, held by 891 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 3,418 people, or 1 in 13,511. In Kenya Okero is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 41 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 33 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Okero Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Okero surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Okero earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year.
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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 Okero
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