Okocha Surname
Approximately 72,190 people bear this surname
Okocha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70,913 | 1:2,498 | 329 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| United States | 270 | 1:1,342,440 | 93,444 |
| Ukraine | 167 | 1:272,591 | 35,306 |
| England | 123 | 1:452,992 | 29,924 |
| Uganda | 75 | 1:520,524 | 29,324 |
| Kenya | 67 | 1:689,252 | 29,975 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Russia | 30 | 1:4,804,102 | 217,805 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1:1,357,294 | 83,128 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Okocha (1,836) may also be a first name.
Okocha Demographics
Average Okocha Salary in
United States
$44,262 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okocha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okocha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okocha (Russian: Окоча) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okocha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,870th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 100,950 people. The surname Okocha occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okocha are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okocha is also the 178,027th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,836 people.
The surname Okocha is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 70,913 people, or 1 in 2,498. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 83 percent are found, Delta, where 7 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 48 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Okocha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Okocha surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Okocha surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Okocha earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 1.73% less than the national average, earning R 233,520 per year; in United States they earn 2.58% more than the national average, earning $44,262 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.93% less than the national average, earning $49,219 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okocha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okocha in the Russian language | ||
| Окоча | okoca | - |
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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 Okocha
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