Okezie Surname
Approximately 23,055 people bear this surname
Okezie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22,705 | 1:7,802 | 894 |
| United States | 177 | 1:2,047,791 | 130,814 |
| England | 84 | 1:663,310 | 38,317 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okezie (8,242) may also be a first name.
Okezie Demographics
Okezie Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Okezie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okezie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okezie is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okezie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 23,489th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 316,094 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okezie reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 69,691st most common first name globally, held by 8,242 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 22,705 people, or 1 in 7,802. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Abia, where 42 percent reside, Imo, where 12 percent reside and Anambra, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Okezie exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Okezie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Okezie last name is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Okezie last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Okezie earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 1.29% less than the national average, earning R 234,576 per year and in United States they earn 7.15% less than the national average, earning $40,066 USD per year.
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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 Okezie
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