Okise Surname
Approximately 353 people bear this surname
Okise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 327 | 1:119,386 | 11,392 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okise (13) may also be a first name.
Okise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okise Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okise is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okise? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okise is the 796,486th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 20,644,606 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Okise are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Okise is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 13 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 119,386. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Bukedea District, where 34 percent live, Ngora District, where 14 percent live and Kumi District, where 13 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
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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 Okise
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