Okeson Surname

410,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 851 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Okeson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okeson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7951:455,92338,976
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1071:469,33333,530

Okeson (39) may also be a first name.

Okeson Last Name Facts

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

Okeson occurs most in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okeson? popularity and diffusion

Okeson is the 410,325th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,563,509 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Okeson live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,637,361st most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 39 people.

The surname Okeson is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 795 people, or 1 in 455,923. In The United States Okeson is mostly concentrated in: Minnesota, where 22 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and Virginia, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Okeson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Okeson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Okeson surname increased 743 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Okeson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Okeson surname are 11.72% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.49% registered with the political party.

The amount Okeson earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 523.5% more than the national average, earning R 1,481,680 per year; in United States they earn 12.26% more than the national average, earning $48,439 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.68% more than the national average, earning $50,516 CAD 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 Okeson
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