Okolye Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okolye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okolye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okoloye9281/
Okoleye925/
Okolaye921/
Okouloye861/
Okolie8376,206/
Okolue83147/
Okolay836/
Okolei835/
Okolae833/
Okolee831/
Ozkolay77129/
Okolieh7719/
Okolije7718/
Okoloyi7711/
Okoloje775/
Okoleit773/
Okoolie773/
Akoloye773/
Okoelie773/
Okoleje773/
Okkolie773/
Ogkolie773/
Okaleye773/
Okoliee772/
Okollie772/
Okolaje771/
Okoliya771/
Okouley771/
Okoloyo771/
Hokolie771/
Okholie771/
Okcolie771/
Okoliei771/
Okolayo771/
Okoliea771/
Okolies771/
Okoliie771/
Okoloie771/
Okolowe771/
Okoslay771/
Goikolea71139/
Gokollie716/
Askolaye715/
Aïkolaye711/
Gockoley711/
Akolay67391/
Akolea67184/
Okolai67114/
Okolou6782/
Ukolie6745/
Okolaa6722/
Akoley6713/
Okaley6713/
Okoloa674/
Akulye674/
Okoloi674/
Akolie673/
Okalue672/
Okoloj672/
Okalei672/
Okalae671/
Okalee671/
Okalie671/
Akalye671/
Okulie671/
Ukalye671/
Akoloe671/
Ocoley671/

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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
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  • 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
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