Okome Surname
Approximately 11,095 people bear this surname
Okome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 7,123 | 1:265 | 34 |
| Nigeria | 2,978 | 1:59,484 | 4,447 |
| Kenya | 760 | 1:60,763 | 5,937 |
| Uganda | 74 | 1:527,558 | 29,544 |
| England | 43 | 1:1,295,769 | 58,667 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 26 | 1:13,940,728 | 505,428 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Jamaica | 6 | 1:478,324 | 10,136 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Okome (339) may also be a first name.
Okome Demographics
Okome Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okome Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okome is found most in Gabon. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okome? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 46,716th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 656,832 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okome live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 474,488th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 339 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Gabon, where it is carried by 7,123 people, or 1 in 265. Excluding Gabon it is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and Kenya, where 7 percent live.
Okome Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Okome has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Okome last name rose 2,600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Okome Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Okome surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Okome earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning $30,708 USD per year.
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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 Okome
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