Okpah Surname

561,353rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okpah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5151:343,96718,639
Cameroon181:1,153,83770,128
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Liberia101:440,85421,753
England31:18,572,686338,250
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Okpah (18) may also be a first name.

Okpah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Okpah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Okpah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpah? popularity and diffusion

Okpah is the 561,353rd most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 12,898,311 people. The last name Okpah is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Okpah reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.

The surname Okpah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 515 people, or 1 in 343,967. In Nigeria Okpah is most numerous in: Delta, where 43 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Okpah Last Name Statistics demography

Okpah earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $44,458 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gokpah9154/
Okpaha911/
Otkpah911/
Hokpah911/
Okpa8912,293/
Gookpah837/
Okpahie831/
Okpaych831/
Akpah803,131/
Ekpah801,003/
Okpoh80817/
Okpai80413/
Gokpa80183/
Okpaa8035/
Okpoa8034/
Okpea807/
Ookpa806/
Okpho804/
Okpay803/
Hokpa802/
Oukpa802/
Okpha802/
Okpaï801/
Oykpa801/
Okgpa801/
Okpau801/
Ockpa801/
Uokpa801/
Okpfa801/
Ekpaha73222/
Gokpai73120/
Akpaha7382/
Akpaih7350/
Houkpa7321/
Akpahu7318/
Okphai7311/
Akpaah7311/
Hekpah737/
Hokpat736/
Gakpah736/
Aakpah735/
Goukpa732/
Oukpai731/
Okphay731/
Okpass731/
Okposh731/
Okpooh731/
Akppah731/
Akhpah731/
Akpa6745,517/
Okpo6724,176/
Ekpa679,889/
Akhpash6754/
Okpohie6727/
Akpahat6715/
Ogpa678/
Ekphaha671/
Gakpaha671/
Houkpoh671/
Houkpaï671/
Okpuoha671/
Haakpah671/
Gakkpah671/
Gookpoh671/
Ocpa671/

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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 Okpah
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