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 found in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Okiéré. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okiere? popularity and diffusion
Okiere is the 3,730,171st most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Okiere occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Okiere live; 36 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in The Congo, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 554,344. In The Congo it is most numerous in: Brazzaville Department, where 44 percent reside and Cuvette Department, where 44 percent reside. Without taking into account The Congo Okiere is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 32 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent reside.
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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 Okiere
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