Okisa Surname
Approximately 727 people bear this surname
Okisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 547 | 1:84,424 | 7,739 |
| Uganda | 132 | 1:295,752 | 20,635 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Okisa (78) may also be a first name.
Okisa Demographics
Okisa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okisa is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okisa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okisa is the 463,668th most frequently held last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,024,135 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okisa live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Okisa is also the 1,091,646th most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 78 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 547 people, or 1 in 84,424. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 39 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 29 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Okisa exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Okisa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily 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 Okisa
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