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
Okhala is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okhala? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 878,878th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 23,737,935 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okhala reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Okhala is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 11 people.
Okhala is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 292 people, or 1 in 158,150. In Kenya Okhala is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 43 percent live, Bungoma County, where 35 percent live and Kakamega County, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Okhala Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Okhala last name 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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