Okoeke Surname
Approximately 1,311 people bear this surname
Okoeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,311 | 1:135,120 | 8,735 |
Okoeke Demographics
Okoeke Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Okoeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okoeke occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoeke? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okoeke is the 291,785th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,558,769 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoeke live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,311 people, or 1 in 135,120. In Nigeria Okoeke is mostly concentrated in: Anambra, where 48 percent reside, Imo, where 29 percent reside and Enugu, where 13 percent reside.
Okoeke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Okoeke last name is chiefly Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
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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 Okoeke
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