Okoune Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Okoune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 97 | 1:214,114 | 21,748 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Okoune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoune Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okoune occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoune? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,849,867th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoune live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 214,114. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 95 percent live, Centre Region, where 3 percent live and Littoral Region, where 1 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and The Congo, 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 Okoune
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