Oket Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Oket Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Öket (67) are calculated separately.
Oket (126) may also be a first name.
Oket Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oket Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oket (Russian: Окет) occurs most in Uganda. It can appear as a variant: Öket. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oket? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oket is the 1,746,159th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Oket are found; 62 percent are found in East Africa and 32 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Oket is also the 829,183rd most common first name on earth, held by 126 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 629,666. In Uganda Oket is primarily concentrated in: Lira District, where 32 percent live, Wakiso District, where 15 percent live and Kiboga District, where 15 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oket Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oket in the Russian language | ||
| Окет | oket | - |
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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 Oket
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