Okoloba Surname

391,801st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 903 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okoloba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okoloba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8911:198,81311,930
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okoloba (68) may also be a first name.

Okoloba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okoloba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Okoloba has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Okoloba.

How Common Is The Last Name Okoloba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 391,801st most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,070,372 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okoloba live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 68 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 891 people, or 1 in 198,813. In Nigeria Okoloba is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 50 percent reside, Delta, where 28 percent reside and Kano, where 4 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okolobah9336/
Okolouba9319/
Okolobi86325/
Okolobo86116/
Okolobe8697/
Okolaba867/
Okolobio807/
Okolabah806/
Okoloboh803/
Okolobie803/
Okolober801/
Okolobou801/
Okoloobi801/
Akoloboa801/
Oskolobi801/
Okoloibe801/
Akeloba7157/
Ukolobi7141/
Ekolaba7137/
Okolubo7111/
Okalaba719/
Akolobi717/
Okolabo714/
Akolobo712/
Ekeloba711/
Okaluba711/
Akuloba711/
Akolobe711/
Ekolobo711/
Ocolobo711/
Okolebo711/
Okolabi711/
Hakaloba67693/
Okalabea675/
Akelobah673/
Okuolube671/

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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 Okoloba
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