Okiefe Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okiefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okiefe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Okiefe Last Name Facts

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

Okiefe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okiefe.

How Common Is The Last Name Okiefe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Okiefe is the 5,391,485th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Okiefe live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Okiefe is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 92 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live.

Okiefe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Okiefe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Okiefe last name fell 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okieffe9247/
O'Kiefe922/
Okiefer920/
Okefe91367/
Okife91115/
Okief9161/
O'Kieffe8652/
Okeefe8319,196/
Okeife8355/
Okiffe8336/
Okeffe8329/
Gokefe8327/
O'Kief8326/
Ozkefe8325/
Okiefa8313/
Okaife838/
Okeafe835/
O'Kefe835/
Okieff834/
Okuefe833/
Okesfe832/
Okefee832/
Okefer832/
Okedfe831/
Okefeh831/
O'Keefe7722,477/
Okeeffe773,563/
Okiyefa7752/
O'Keife7737/
O'Keffe7728/
Okeiffe7717/
Okeefee7715/
Okeyafe7710/
Okeefep775/
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Ochiefe774/
Ookeefe772/
O'Kieff772/
O'Kefee771/
Okaeffe771/
Okeafer771/
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Gokeffe771/
Okieyfa771/
Okiefai771/
Okoyefe771/
Ockeefe770/
Okeaffe770/
Okefi73658/
Akefe73110/
Akife7360/
Okufe7345/
Okafe7334/
Akief7323/
Ukefe7318/
Okifa737/
Okiev736/
Okefa732/
Okiew732/
Okifi731/
Okieb731/
Ekefe731/
O'Keeffe7120,142/
O'Keiffe7145/
O'Keefee7111/
Okeeffee718/
Oikeeffe717/
O'Keffee715/
Okkeeffe713/
O'Keeefe711/
D'Okeefe711/
O'Keaffe710/
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Ochife67304/
Akiefa67157/
Gokiev6741/
O'Keeffee6721/
Oskiev6721/
Akeefe6718/
Okiphe6714/
Okhafe6713/
Okeffi678/
Okephe677/
Ochefe675/
Okeifa675/
Okiffa674/
Okaefi673/
Okefih672/
Okuffe671/
Okkiev671/
Akeffe671/
Okeefi671/
O'Kiyf671/
Akefeh671/
Askife671/
Okievs671/
Akoefe671/
O'Keeffer670/
Okaffe670/
Okeeif670/
Okeefa670/

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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 Okiefe
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