Okiror Surname

23,854th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,693 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Okiror Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okiror Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda22,6521:1,723249
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Okiror (82) may also be a first name.

Okiror Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okiror Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Okiror is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okiror? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 23,854th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 321,136 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okiror reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most numerous forename at a global level. It is borne by 82 people.

This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 22,652 people, or 1 in 1,723. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Amuria District, where 17 percent reside, Katakwi District, where 15 percent reside and Soroti District, where 11 percent reside. Besides Uganda it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Sudan, where 0 percent reside.

Okiror Last Name Statistics demography

Okiror earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.62% more than the national average, earning $43,847 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okirror922/
Okirore921/
Okoiror921/
Akiror839,339/
Ekiror8317/
Okeror831/
Okuror831/
Ozkirar7716/
Akirore772/
Okerore771/
Okearor771/
Ukeror6728/
Akirar674/
Akuror674/
Ekirar674/
Okurar671/
Akerour622/
Akerar502/

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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 Okiror
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