Okethi Surname
Approximately 2,311 people bear this surname
Okethi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2,310 | 1:16,900 | 2,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Okethi (31) may also be a first name.
Okethi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okethi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okethi is most common in Uganda. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Okethi.
How Common Is The Last Name Okethi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 183,726th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,153,417 people. The last name Okethi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okethi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 31 people.
The last name Okethi is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 2,310 people, or 1 in 16,900. In Uganda it is most common in: Nebbi District, where 47 percent are found, Zombo District, where 22 percent are found and Kiryandongo District, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 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 Okethi
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