Okosa Surname
Approximately 581 people bear this surname
Okosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 410 | 1:432,056 | 22,278 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Okosa (26) may also be a first name.
Okosa Demographics
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Okosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okosa is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okosa.
How Common Is The Last Name Okosa? popularity and diffusion
Okosa is the 549,848th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,543,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Okosa are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 26 people.
The surname Okosa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 410 people, or 1 in 432,056. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Abia, where 11 percent are found and Delta, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 12 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found.
Okosa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Okosa surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
Okosa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.38% less than the national average, earning $39,531 USD per year.
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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 Okosa
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