Okire Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Okire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 201 | 1:881,307 | 38,450 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94 | 1:86,742 | 11,495 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Okire (27) may also be a first name.
Okire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okire occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okire is the 889,654th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Okire live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okire is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 27 people.
The surname Okire is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 201 people, or 1 in 881,307. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 31 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 20 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 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 Okire
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