Oketah Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Oketah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Oketah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oketah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oketah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Oketah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oketah? popularity and diffusion
Oketah is the 1,612,213th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oketah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 124 people, or 1 in 1,428,571. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 58 percent are found, Cross River, where 26 percent are found and Ondo, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Oketah
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