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
Oketa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oketa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 67,338th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 985,869 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oketa reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 429,755th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 403 people.
This surname is most widely held 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 reside, Benue, where 9 percent reside and Enugu, where 6 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 33 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Oketa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly 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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