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
Okoere occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoere reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Okoere is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Okoere is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 48 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 22 percent live and Abia, where 13 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Okoere is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 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 Okoere
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