Okorah Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Okorah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okorah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okorah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okorah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Okorah.
How Common Is The Last Name Okorah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Okorah live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 50 percent live, Lagos, where 33 percent live and Ebonyi, where 17 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 38 percent live and Liberia, where 8 percent live.
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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 Okorah
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