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
Average Okola Salary in
United States
$36,863 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okola (Hindi: ोकोल, Russian: Окола) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okola? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 115,950th most numerous last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,831,502 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okola live; 56 percent live in East Africa and 34 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 509,704th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 299 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,632 people, or 1 in 28,297. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kakamega County, where 26 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 19 percent are found and Siaya County, where 16 percent are found. Barring Kenya Okola exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 14 percent are found.
Okola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (93%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Okola last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% being 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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