Okpeke Surname
Approximately 1,424 people bear this surname
Okpeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,418 | 1:124,924 | 8,194 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okpeke (80) may also be a first name.
Okpeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okpeke occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 273,120th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,117,659 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okpeke are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most numerous first name globally, borne by 80 people.
Okpeke is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,418 people, or 1 in 124,924. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 38 percent are found, Benue, where 20 percent are found and Delta, where 8 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Okpeke is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okpaeke | 92 | 3 | / |
| Okpgeke | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okpekea | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akpeke | 83 | 919 | / |
| Okpeki | 83 | 334 | / |
| Ekpeke | 83 | 179 | / |
| Okpoke | 83 | 126 | / |
| Okpake | 83 | 56 | / |
| Okpeka | 83 | 55 | / |
| Ukpeke | 83 | 49 | / |
| Gokpek | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ogpeke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ukpekeh | 77 | 30 | / |
| Ekpeike | 77 | 7 | / |
| Akpaeke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okpaike | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okpuike | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpeeke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akpek | 73 | 306 | / |
| Okpik | 73 | 69 | / |
| Okpeiche | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpeki | 67 | 316 | / |
| Ekpeki | 67 | 106 | / |
| Akpake | 67 | 46 | / |
| Akpeka | 67 | 37 | / |
| Okpaki | 67 | 26 | / |
| Okpoki | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ookpik | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ekpike | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ukpeka | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akpece | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekpake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpeik | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Okpeke
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis