Okesanya Surname
Approximately 964 people bear this surname
Okesanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 929 | 1:190,681 | 11,566 |
| United States | 20 | 1:18,122,947 | 588,089 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Okesanya (25) may also be a first name.
Okesanya Demographics
Average Okesanya Salary in
United States
$50,679 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okesanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okesanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okesanya is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okesanya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 372,194th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,559,695 people. Okesanya occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Okesanya live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 25 people.
Okesanya is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 929 people, or 1 in 190,681. In Nigeria Okesanya is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 58 percent live, Ogun, where 19 percent live and Oyo, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Okesanya Last Name Statistics demography
Okesanya earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.45% more than the national average, earning $50,679 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 Okesanya
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