Okeyah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Okeyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Okeyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okeyah is carried 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 Okeyah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeyah? popularity and diffusion
Okeyah is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okeyah live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Okeyah is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 43 percent reside, Rivers, where 43 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Okeyah
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