Okoni Surname
Approximately 1,637 people bear this surname
Okoni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,098 | 1:161,332 | 10,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 301 | 1:76,649 | 4,215 |
| Congo | 152 | 1:32,823 | 3,263 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Benin | 26 | 1:397,523 | 29,143 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Okoni (281) may also be a first name.
Okoni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoni is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Okoni.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoni? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okoni is the 243,551st most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 4,451,769 people. The surname Okoni occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Okoni live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 528,876th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 281 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,098 people, or 1 in 161,332. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 25 percent reside, Rivers, where 14 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Okoni occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent reside and The Congo, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Okoni
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