Okeyea Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Okeyea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
Okeyea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeyea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okeyea is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Okeyea click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeyea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Okeyea is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Okeyea reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okeyea is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 91 percent live and Cross River, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okeyia | 83 | 42 | / |
| Okoyea | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ekeyea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okeyya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ukoeyea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akkeyea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akyea | 73 | 5,091 | / |
| Okuea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akeea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akyeah | 67 | 348 | / |
| Okejia | 67 | 24 | / |
| Okoyia | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okuyoa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okeuyo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekeiya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okayya | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okeiyo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Okoeha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akeiya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akheea | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okaaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akeyya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekiyea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuhea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukeiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okejja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okojea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akeyia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeaeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okejeo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okueha | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okeyea
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis