Okers Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Okers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Okers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okers Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Okers has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Okers.

How Common Is The Last Name Okers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,427,875th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Okers is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Okers are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 3,386,106. In South Africa Okers is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 94 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 6 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Belgium, where 5 percent are found.

Okers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Okers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Okers last name fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Okers Last Name Statistics demography

Okers earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 69.77% less than the national average, earning R 71,832 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okkers911,100/
Ockers91582/
Okerst918/
Ohkers912/
Ockersz83890/
Okkerse83630/
Hockers83313/
Ockerse83196/
Oskeirs832/
Hookers831/
Oeckers831/
Oehkers831/
Hoekers831/
Akers8037,507/
Ekers80465/
Ukers8011/
Okors801/
Okars801/
Ocers800/
D'Hokers772/
O'Kearse771/
Ockersse771/
Ackers732,834/
Eckers731,045/
Akkers73399/
Ekkers73226/
Hekers73146/
Eekers7385/
Eukers7333/
Akerst7319/
Ekerås7314/
Hakers7310/
Aukers7310/
Akerse737/
Aakers733/
Akersd731/
Akcers731/
Ochers731/
Akersh731/
Ockars730/
Gukers730/
D'Hoekers7142/
Hakkers67670/
Heckers67639/
Hekkers67337/
Heukers67209/
Hackers6760/
Askerås673/
Huckers671/
Askhers671/
Okerche671/
D'Akers671/
Hochers670/
Houkors670/
Hokerch670/
Eckeers670/
Haskers670/

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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 Okers
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