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:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okoele.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoele reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 41 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 28 percent live and Oyo, where 16 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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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