Okolia Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Okolia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 106 | 1:1,671,158 | 61,739 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
Okolia (14) may also be a first name.
Okolia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okolia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okolia is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okolia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,398,030th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname Okolia is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okolia are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okolia is also the 3,024,661st most numerous given name throughout the world, held by 14 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 1,671,158. In Nigeria Okolia is most frequent in: Lagos, where 30 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent reside and Ogun, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent reside and Uganda, where 15 percent reside.
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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 Okolia
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