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
Oketha is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oketha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,817,111th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oketha reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 386,528. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Nebbi District, where 70 percent live, Arua District, where 13 percent live and Kampala District, where 6 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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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