Oketta Surname
Approximately 633 people bear this surname
Oketta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 601 | 1:64,957 | 7,379 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Oketta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oketta Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oketta (Russian: Окетта) is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oketta? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 515,280th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 11,512,711 people. Oketta occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oketta live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 601 people, or 1 in 64,957. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Gulu District, where 27 percent live, Amuru District, where 24 percent live and Nwoya District, where 13 percent live. Other than Uganda it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oketta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oketta in the Russian language | ||
| Окетта | oketta | - |
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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 Oketta
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