Okpeh Surname

207,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,995 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpeh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okpeh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,9331:91,6416,359
Liberia331:133,5929,935
England221:2,532,63991,802
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Okpeh (135) may also be a first name.

Okpeh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okpeh is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpeh? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 207,490th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,652,905 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okpeh live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 797,647th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 135 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,933 people, or 1 in 91,641. In Nigeria Okpeh is mostly found in: Benue, where 37 percent live, Delta, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gokpeh91112/
Okpech916/
Oekpeh914/
Okpeth911/
Oukpeh911/
Ogkpeh911/
Okpe8930,830/
Okpehie831/
Akpeh801,148/
Ekpeh80311/
Okpee80112/
Okpei8094/
Gokpe8081/
Okpeu8077/
Oukpe8054/
Okpes8033/
Okphe8011/
Okpey809/
Hokpe808/
Okpea807/
Okpie805/
Ookpe804/
Okpha802/
Okped802/
Okpih801/
Okpje801/
Oukpih73420/
Okpych7362/
Okpysh7347/
Akpeha7330/
Houkpe7322/
Ekpieh7316/
Okphai7311/
Gakpeh732/
Oshkpe731/
Ookped731/
Okpuha731/
Okpihe731/
Okpaha731/
Akpeeh731/
Oikphe731/
Okphay731/
Ekpe6740,449/
Okpa6712,293/
Akpe6711,445/
Okpi67530/
Okpohie6727/
Ogpe6726/
Ekpehie6718/
Okpy6711/
Houhkpe674/
Akpehee674/
Hokphet672/
Akpecht672/
Okpahie671/
Okpj671/
Okpaych671/
Akpeehe671/
Gakkpeh671/
Okpuoha671/
Houkpei671/
Okpé671/
Okpijhe671/

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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
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  • 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 Okpeh
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