Okosi Surname
Approximately 2,066 people bear this surname
Okosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,938 | 1:91,405 | 6,345 |
| England | 47 | 1:1,185,491 | 55,443 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Okoši (2) are calculated separately.
Okosi (181) may also be a first name.
Okosi Demographics
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Okosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okosi is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant: Okoši. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okosi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 201,760th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,527,370 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Okosi reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okosi is also the 677,199th most frequently occurring given name globally, borne by 181 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,938 people, or 1 in 91,405. In Nigeria Okosi is most common in: Bayelsa, where 26 percent live, Cross River, where 14 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Okosi exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Okosi Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Okosi surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the party.
Okosi earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 52.5% more than the national average, earning $65,804 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 Okosi
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