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 most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okezie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 23,489th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 316,094 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okezie are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okezie is also the 69,691st most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 8,242 people.
This surname is most prevalent 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 are found, Imo, where 12 percent are found and Anambra, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Okezie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okezie last name is chiefly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Okezie surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% 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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