Okoree Surname
Approximately 493 people bear this surname
Okoree Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Okoree Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoree Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoree is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoree? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okoree is the 622,538th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,782,040 people. The last name Okoree is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okoree are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is held by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Barring Ghana this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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 Okoree
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