Okete Surname
Approximately 1,189 people bear this surname
Okete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 990 | 1:178,932 | 11,011 |
| DR Congo | 157 | 1:470,571 | 38,110 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Okete (149) may also be a first name.
Okete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okete (Marathi: ओकेटे) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okete? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 315,551st most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 6,129,139 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okete are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okete is also the 754,880th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 149 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 990 people, or 1 in 178,932. In Nigeria Okete is most numerous in: Enugu, where 22 percent reside, Delta, where 20 percent reside and Cross River, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okete Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okete in the Marathi language | ||
| ओकेटे | okete | - |
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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 Okete
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