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 may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoche? popularity and diffusion
Okoche is the 202,865th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,551,436 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoche reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okoche is also the 588,797th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 232 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 882 people, or 1 in 200,842. In Nigeria Okoche is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 59 percent reside, Cross River, where 9 percent reside and Benue, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 42 percent reside and Benin, where 14 percent reside.
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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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