Okpai Surname
Approximately 413 people bear this surname
Okpai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 397 | 1:446,203 | 22,838 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Okpaï (1) are calculated separately.
Okpai (63) may also be a first name.
Okpai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okpai occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant: Okpaï. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 709,895th most numerous last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. The surname Okpai is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okpai are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okpai is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 63 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 397 people, or 1 in 446,203. In Nigeria Okpai is most prevalent in: Abia, where 20 percent live, Ebonyi, where 18 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, 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 Okpai
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