Okira Surname
Approximately 539 people bear this surname
Okira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 335 | 1:14,893 | 1,837 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Okira (270) may also be a first name.
Okira Demographics
Okira Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okira is borne by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okira? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okira is the 582,011th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,520,493 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Okira are found; 66 percent are found in Central Africa and 66 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 541,116th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 270 people.
The surname is most widespread in The Congo, where it is held by 335 people, or 1 in 14,893. In The Congo Okira is most prevalent in: Brazzaville Department, where 70 percent live, Cuvette Department, where 24 percent live and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 3 percent live. Excluding The Congo this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Okira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Okira 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 Okira
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