Okolong Surname
Approximately 1,696 people bear this surname
Okolong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,598 | 1:24,430 | 3,490 |
| Cameroon | 86 | 1:241,501 | 23,877 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Okolong (23) may also be a first name.
Okolong Demographics
Okolong Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okolong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okolong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okolong is most common in Uganda. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okolong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 236,849th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,296,902 people. The last name Okolong is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okolong live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 56 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,598 people, or 1 in 24,430. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Tororo District, where 55 percent live, Busia District, where 6 percent live and Pallisa District, where 6 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Okolong Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okollong | 93 | 3 | / |
| Hokoloeng | 88 | 4 | / |
| Ochkolong | 88 | 1 | / |
| Akolong | 86 | 763 | / |
| Ekolong | 86 | 6 | / |
| Okulong | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ocolong | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gouckolong | 82 | 1 | / |
| Akholong | 80 | 4 | / |
| Akoulong | 80 | 3 | / |
| Okoolang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oicolong | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akollong | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekouloung | 75 | 4 | / |
| Okalang | 71 | 1,748 | / |
| Okulang | 71 | 202 | / |
| Okulung | 71 | 8 | / |
| Akalong | 71 | 6 | / |
| Ekelong | 71 | 5 | / |
| Okalung | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akulong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akelong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akoulang | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akolyang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okallang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okalangh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ozkolunk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akalang | 57 | 141 | / |
| Akulung | 57 | 3 | / |
| Ukolyonkova | 56 | 1 | / |
| Ozkulunk | 53 | 28 | / |
| Akuliang | 53 | 17 | / |
| Akkalang | 53 | 4 | / |
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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 Okolong
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis