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
The surname Okire occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 889,654th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. Okire occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Okire are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most common first name in the world It is held by 27 people.
The surname Okire is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 881,307. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 31 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 20 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
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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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