Okeye Surname
Approximately 1,255 people bear this surname
Okeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,238 | 1:143,088 | 9,148 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okeye (78) may also be a first name.
Okeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okeye is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 302,457th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,806,809 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okeye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okeye is also the 1,091,646th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 78 people.
The last name Okeye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,238 people, or 1 in 143,088. In Nigeria Okeye is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 55 percent are found, Enugu, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Okeye is found in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Okeye
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