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 last name Okete (Marathi: ओकेटे) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okete? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 315,551st most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,129,139 people. The surname Okete is primarily 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 widely held forename globally, held by 149 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 990 people, or 1 in 178,932. In Nigeria Okete is mostly found in: Enugu, where 22 percent reside, Delta, where 20 percent reside and Cross River, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found 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
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- 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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