Okoere Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Okoere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okoere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okoere occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoere? popularity and diffusion
Okoere is the 4,034,050th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoere are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Okoere is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 48 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 22 percent are found and Abia, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Okoere
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