Okoele Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Okoele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okoele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoele occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoele? popularity and diffusion
Okoele is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoele reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 41 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 28 percent live and Oyo, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 27 percent live and Uganda, where 2 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 Okoele
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