Okiri Surname
Approximately 3,673 people bear this surname
Okiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,019 | 1:87,738 | 6,130 |
| Kenya | 1,143 | 1:40,402 | 4,241 |
| Japan | 217 | 1:589,144 | 15,718 |
| Tanzania | 76 | 1:696,600 | 40,185 |
| Congo | 65 | 1:76,755 | 6,702 |
| Benin | 58 | 1:178,200 | 17,490 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Okiri (477) may also be a first name.
Okiri Demographics
Okiri Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okiri is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Okiri click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okiri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 124,163rd most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,984,085 people. The surname Okiri occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Okiri reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 389,495th most numerous forename worldwide, held by 477 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,019 people, or 1 in 87,738. In Nigeria Okiri is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 15 percent reside, Cross River, where 13 percent reside and Rivers, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 31 percent reside and Japan, where 6 percent reside.
Okiri Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Okiri surname 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 Okiri
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