Okobi Surname
Approximately 14,719 people bear this surname
Okobi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13,941 | 1:12,707 | 1,292 |
| Benin | 522 | 1:19,800 | 2,651 |
| United States | 103 | 1:3,519,019 | 197,606 |
| England | 43 | 1:1,295,769 | 58,667 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
Okobi (141) may also be a first name.
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Okobi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okobi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okobi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okobi? popularity and diffusion
Okobi is the 35,841st most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 495,111 people. The last name Okobi occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okobi are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 778,371st most commonly held first name globally It is held by 141 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13,941 people, or 1 in 12,707. In Nigeria Okobi is most numerous in: Lagos, where 81 percent reside, Delta, where 8 percent reside and Anambra, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Okobi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Okobi are 0.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.85% being registered to vote for the political party.
Okobi earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.6% more than the national average, earning $54,195 USD per year.
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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 Okobi
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