Okolye Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Okolye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
Okolye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okolye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okolye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okolye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Okolye is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Okolye live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 92 percent are found and Sokoto, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 percent are found and Ukraine, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okoloye | 92 | 81 | / |
| Okoleye | 92 | 5 | / |
| Okolaye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okouloye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okolie | 83 | 76,206 | / |
| Okolue | 83 | 147 | / |
| Okolay | 83 | 6 | / |
| Okolei | 83 | 5 | / |
| Okolae | 83 | 3 | / |
| Okolee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ozkolay | 77 | 129 | / |
| Okolieh | 77 | 19 | / |
| Okolije | 77 | 18 | / |
| Okoloyi | 77 | 11 | / |
| Okoloje | 77 | 5 | / |
| Okoleit | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okoolie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akoloye | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okoelie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okoleje | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okkolie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ogkolie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okaleye | 77 | 3 | / |
| Okoliee | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okollie | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okolaje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoliya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okouley | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoloyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hokolie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okholie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okcolie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoliei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okolayo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoliea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okolies | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoliie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoloie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okolowe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okoslay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Goikolea | 71 | 139 | / |
| Gokollie | 71 | 6 | / |
| Askolaye | 71 | 5 | / |
| Aïkolaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gockoley | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akolay | 67 | 391 | / |
| Akolea | 67 | 184 | / |
| Okolai | 67 | 114 | / |
| Okolou | 67 | 82 | / |
| Ukolie | 67 | 45 | / |
| Okolaa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Akoley | 67 | 13 | / |
| Okaley | 67 | 13 | / |
| Okoloa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akulye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okoloi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akolie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okalue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okoloj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okalei | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okalae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okalee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okalie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akalye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okulie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ukalye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akoloe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ocoley | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okolye
- 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