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
Okisa is found most in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okisa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 463,668th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,024,135 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okisa are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequently held forename globally, borne by 78 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is held by 547 people, or 1 in 84,424. In Kenya Okisa is primarily concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 39 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 29 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 18 percent reside. Besides Kenya Okisa is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Okisa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name 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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