Oketona Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Monaco

Oketona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oketona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2101:843,53737,160
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Monaco11:37,0664,748

Oketona Last Name Facts

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

Oketona is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oketona? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,092,155th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The last name Oketona occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oketona live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 843,537. In Nigeria Oketona is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 41 percent live, Lagos, where 23 percent live and Plateau, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and Liberia, where 2 percent live.

Oketona Last Name Statistics demography

Oketona earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.86% less than the national average, earning $26,812 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oketoni861/
Okitonga8027/
Oketogni808/
Hokotona806/
Oketanna802/
Oketonou801/
Oketani714,808/
Okitana71113/
Uketone7141/
Okatana7128/
Akitona717/
Acetona716/
Okitena711/
Okeitane6711/
Uketohne677/
Ekaetana677/
Huketone675/
Okieteno671/
Aketunga671/
Okeytane671/
Oketunyi671/

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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 Oketona
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