Okiere Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Okiere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Okiéré (2) are calculated separately.
Okiere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okiere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okiere is most common in The Congo. It may be found as a variant: Okiéré. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okiere? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Okiere are found; 36 percent are found in West Africa and 36 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okiere is most prevalent in The Congo, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 554,344. In The Congo it is most prevalent in: Brazzaville Department, where 44 percent live and Cuvette Department, where 44 percent live. Besides The Congo this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 32 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent live.
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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 Okiere
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