Okpalefe Surname
Approximately 622 people bear this surname
Okpalefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 618 | 1:286,639 | 16,129 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okpalefe (20) may also be a first name.
Okpalefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpalefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okpalefe is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Okpalefe.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpalefe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 522,545th most widely held family name globally, held by around 1 in 11,716,312 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okpalefe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 20 people.
Okpalefe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 618 people, or 1 in 286,639. In Nigeria Okpalefe is most frequent in: Delta, where 72 percent are found, Edo, where 10 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Okpalefe is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Kuwait, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Okpalefe
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