Okore Surname
Approximately 10,305 people bear this surname
Okore Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,896 | 1:30,045 | 2,523 |
| Kenya | 2,651 | 1:17,420 | 2,084 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Uganda | 348 | 1:112,182 | 10,900 |
| Tanzania | 196 | 1:270,110 | 21,359 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Ivory Coast | 69 | 1:334,366 | 12,150 |
| United States | 32 | 1:11,326,842 | 445,236 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Okore (1,465) may also be a first name.
Okore Demographics
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Okore Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okore Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okore (Marathi: ओकोरे) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Okore click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okore? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 49,862nd most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 707,185 people. The last name Okore occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okore live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 203,553rd most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 1,465 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,896 people, or 1 in 30,045. In Nigeria Okore is most prevalent in: Abia, where 54 percent are found, Lagos, where 7 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Okore is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 26 percent are found and Ghana, where 9 percent are found.
Okore Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Okore last name is chiefly Christian (96%) in Kenya.
In The United States Okore are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Okore earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.26% more than the national average, earning $52,323 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okore Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okore in the Marathi language | ||
| ओकोरे | okore | - |
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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
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- 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 Okore
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