Okoche Surname
Approximately 2,052 people bear this surname
Okoche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 882 | 1:200,842 | 12,034 |
| Uganda | 870 | 1:44,873 | 5,587 |
| Benin | 289 | 1:35,763 | 4,612 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Okoche (232) may also be a first name.
Okoche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoche is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Okoche.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoche? popularity and diffusion
It is the 202,865th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,551,436 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoche live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 588,797th most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 232 people.
Okoche is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 882 people, or 1 in 200,842. In Nigeria Okoche is most common in: Ebonyi, where 59 percent live, Cross River, where 9 percent live and Benue, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 42 percent live and Benin, where 14 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 Okoche
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