Oketa Surname
Approximately 7,392 people bear this surname
Oketa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,365 | 1:40,583 | 3,232 |
| Uganda | 2,466 | 1:15,831 | 2,471 |
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Kenya | 167 | 1:276,526 | 18,122 |
| Albania | 17 | 1:171,415 | 12,549 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oketa (403) may also be a first name.
Oketa Demographics
Oketa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oketa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oketa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oketa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oketa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oketa is the 67,338th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 985,869 people. The surname Oketa is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oketa live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 429,755th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 403 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4,365 people, or 1 in 40,583. In Nigeria Oketa is most common in: Ebonyi, where 62 percent are found, Benue, where 9 percent are found and Enugu, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 33 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Oketa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (93%) in Nigeria.
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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 Oketa
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