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 last name Okoree is found most frequently in Ghana. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okoree.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoree? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 622,538th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,782,040 people. The last name Okoree is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okoree live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Okoree is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is held by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Excluding Ghana this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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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