Okeze Surname

277,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Okeze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okeze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3571:130,5408,494
United States191:19,076,786604,894
England161:3,482,379114,324
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Okeze (67) may also be a first name.

Okeze Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okeze Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Okeze is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okeze? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 277,333rd most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,216,568 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okeze live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okeze is also the 1,191,548th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 67 people.

The surname Okeze is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,357 people, or 1 in 130,540. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 27 percent are found, Enugu, where 26 percent are found and Lagos, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Okeze Last Name Statistics demography

Okeze earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.2% more than the national average, earning $62,219 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okezie9123,055/
Okoeze9176/
Okeize9119/
Okieze9117/
Okezeh918/
Okaeze911/
Okezei911/
Ozkezer8321/
Okeizie837/
Okiezie837/
Okezies833/
Oekezie833/
Oikezie832/
Okaezie831/
Okoezie831/
Okeezie831/
Okeziee831/
Okgezie831/
Okese80447/
Ekeze80398/
Okeje80308/
Akeze80189/
Okege80138/
Okezi80120/
Ukeze8048/
Okaze8017/
Okoze8011/
Okize802/
Okece801/
Okeza801/
Ekezie734,777/
Akaeze731,525/
Ocheze73183/
Okeese7390/
Ekaeze7386/
Oikaze7351/
Hokaze7342/
Okesei7337/
Okejeh7323/
Okeche7321/
Okeizi7320/
Okoezi7317/
Okeazi7315/
Okesie7312/
Ukezie7312/
Okeige737/
Akezie736/
Okeage735/
Akheze734/
Akeaze734/
Okedje734/
Ekezei734/
Oketse734/
Okeeji733/
Ekezeh733/
Akezeh733/
Ukeeze732/
Okoese732/
Okegie732/
Okkeje732/
Okeesi732/
Okejje732/
Ekieze732/
Akieze731/
Ekeaze731/
Akeeze731/
Ekeize731/
Okiese731/
Okosee731/
Okkaze731/
Ookaze731/
Okadze731/
O'Keese6758/
Okeiche6714/
Hokadze6712/
Ozkeser6710/
Okeadje675/
Ochezie675/
Ekeezie674/
Okeizzi674/
Okheuse674/
Akaezie673/
Ocheize671/
Ockeese671/
Oukeche671/
Akhaeze671/
O'Kyzer671/
Hekezie671/
Ekaezie671/
Ekkezie671/
Oukeziz671/
Okeechi671/
Oketche671/

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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 Okeze
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