Oketope Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oketope Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oketope 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
Nigeria1601:1,107,14245,738
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Oketope Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oketope is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oketope? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,364,059th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name Oketope occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oketope reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 1,107,142. In Nigeria Oketope is most numerous in: Lagos, where 40 percent are found, Ogun, where 38 percent are found and Kogi, where 11 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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
Aketepe7179/
Oketapa713/
Eketepe712/
Aketov6226/
Akhetov57218/
Okitapi573/
Ahketov571/
Ouketab571/
Okitapoy5315/
Akcatepe533/

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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 Oketope
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