Okora Surname
Approximately 2,731 people bear this surname
Okora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,481 | 1:119,610 | 7,895 |
| Kenya | 663 | 1:69,653 | 6,624 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Uganda | 145 | 1:269,236 | 19,482 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Okora (416) may also be a first name.
Okora Demographics
Okora Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okora (Hindi: ओकोरा) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okora? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 159,743rd most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,668,453 people. The last name Okora occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okora are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 421,501st most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 416 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,481 people, or 1 in 119,610. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 61 percent reside, Anambra, where 8 percent reside and Imo, where 6 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 24 percent reside and Chad, where 14 percent reside.
Okora Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Okora surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
Okora earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.21% less than the national average, earning $30,112 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okora in the Hindi language | ||
| ओकोरा | okora | - |
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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 Okora
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