Okeyi Surname
Approximately 293 people bear this surname
Okeyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 274 | 1:646,506 | 30,379 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Okeyi (41) may also be a first name.
Okeyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okeyi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 908,336th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 24,872,170 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Okeyi live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okeyi is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 41 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 646,506. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 34 percent are found, Abia, where 16 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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
- 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 Okeyi
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