Oketha Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Oketha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 101 | 1:386,528 | 24,497 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Oketha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oketha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oketha occurs most in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oketha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,817,111th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oketha live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Oketha is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 386,528. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Nebbi District, where 70 percent are found, Arua District, where 13 percent are found and Kampala District, where 6 percent are found. Besides Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, 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 Oketha
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