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
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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 or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okocha? popularity and diffusion
Okocha is the 7,870th most frequently used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 100,950 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okocha live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 178,027th most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 1,836 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 70,913 people, or 1 in 2,498. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 83 percent live, Delta, where 7 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Okocha occurs in 48 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Okocha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Okocha last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the 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
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- 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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