Oketokun Surname

375,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 953 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oketokun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oketokun Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9451:187,45311,375
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Oketokun (26) may also be a first name.

Oketokun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oketokun Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Oketokun is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oketokun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 375,572nd most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,646,953 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oketokun are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly occurring given name globally, borne by 26 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 945 people, or 1 in 187,453. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 38 percent live, Ogun, where 28 percent live and Lagos, where 19 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oketokoun94302/
Uoketokun944/
Okatokun883/
Aketokun881/
Okétokoun822/
Oketekoun821/
Oketokoum821/
Akitokun759/
Akatakun633/
Aketakoon591/

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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 Oketokun
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