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 in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoit? popularity and diffusion
It is the 320,709th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,255,404 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 677 people, or 1 in 68,213. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Busia County, where 88 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 11 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 1 percent are found. Besides Kenya Okoit occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 42 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Okoit Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Okoit last name is primarily 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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