Okoit Surname
Approximately 1,165 people bear this surname
Okoit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 677 | 1:68,213 | 6,511 |
| Uganda | 487 | 1:80,163 | 8,590 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Okoit Demographics
Okoit Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okoit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoit Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okoit is found most in Kenya. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Okoit.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoit? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okoit is the 320,709th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 6,255,404 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoit are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 55 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Okoit is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 677 people, or 1 in 68,213. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 88 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 11 percent reside and Kakamega County, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Kenya Okoit occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 42 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
Okoit Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Okoit
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