Okola Surname
Approximately 3,979 people bear this surname
Okola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,632 | 1:28,297 | 3,133 |
| Nigeria | 995 | 1:178,033 | 10,964 |
| Uganda | 566 | 1:68,974 | 7,700 |
| Congo | 408 | 1:12,228 | 1,589 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Cameroon | 87 | 1:238,725 | 23,654 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| Benin | 42 | 1:246,086 | 21,801 |
| Tanzania | 25 | 1:2,117,665 | 47,926 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Okola (299) may also be a first name.
Okola Demographics
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Okola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okola (Hindi: ोकोल, Russian: Окола) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okola? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 115,950th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,831,502 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okola reside; 56 percent reside in East Africa and 34 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Okola is also the 509,704th most commonly used forename on earth It is held by 299 people.
The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,632 people, or 1 in 28,297. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 26 percent live, Nairobi County, where 19 percent live and Siaya County, where 16 percent live. Outside of Kenya it exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 14 percent live.
Okola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Okola last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (93%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Okola last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the party.
Okola earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.57% less than the national average, earning $36,863 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okola in the Hindi language | ||
| ोकोल | okola | - |
| Okola in the Russian language | ||
| Окола | okola | - |
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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 Okola
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