Okorafor Surname
Approximately 9,309 people bear this surname
Okorafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9,099 | 1:19,468 | 1,797 |
| United States | 132 | 1:2,745,901 | 164,003 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Okorafor (743) may also be a first name.
Okorafor Demographics
Average Okorafor Salary in
United States
$50,275 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Okorafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okorafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okorafor occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okorafor? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okorafor is the 54,676th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 782,849 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okorafor live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okorafor is also the 301,729th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 743 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9,099 people, or 1 in 19,468. In Nigeria Okorafor is mostly concentrated in: Imo, where 24 percent live, Abia, where 21 percent live and Ebonyi, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Okorafor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Okorafor surname are 1.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.72% registered with the party.
The amount Okorafor earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 16.51% more than the national average, earning $50,275 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.07% less than the national average, earning $35,240 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okoreafor | 94 | 7 | / |
| Okoraffor | 94 | 3 | / |
| Ookorafor | 94 | 2 | / |
| Okoorafor | 94 | 2 | / |
| Okoraafor | 94 | 1 | / |
| Okoereafor | 89 | 8 | / |
| Okorofor | 88 | 302 | / |
| Okarafor | 88 | 269 | / |
| Okerafor | 88 | 184 | / |
| Okorefor | 88 | 11 | / |
| Okurafor | 88 | 6 | / |
| Okorafar | 88 | 4 | / |
| Okorafur | 88 | 2 | / |
| Okereafor | 82 | 3,365 | / |
| Okoroufor | 82 | 6 | / |
| Okorowfor | 82 | 4 | / |
| Okoroofor | 82 | 4 | / |
| Okareafor | 82 | 3 | / |
| Okeraafor | 82 | 2 | / |
| Okerafour | 82 | 2 | / |
| Okeerafor | 82 | 2 | / |
| Okoroffor | 82 | 1 | / |
| Okorohfor | 82 | 1 | / |
| Okarafore | 82 | 1 | / |
| Okereaffor | 78 | 4 | / |
| Okeereafor | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ukarafor | 75 | 71 | / |
| Okerefor | 75 | 36 | / |
| Okorofar | 75 | 8 | / |
| Okerofor | 75 | 4 | / |
| Okarofor | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ukorofor | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okereafar | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ekereafor | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ukarafour | 71 | 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 Okorafor
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