Okhala Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Okhala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 292 | 1:158,150 | 12,467 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Okhala (11) may also be a first name.
Okhala Demographics
Okhala Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okhala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okhala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okhala occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okhala? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okhala is the 878,878th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Okhala is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okhala reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 292 people, or 1 in 158,150. In Kenya Okhala is primarily concentrated in: Busia County, where 43 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 35 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 21 percent reside. Not including Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Okhala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Okhala surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Okhala
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