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
Okpeke is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Okpeke.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okpeke is the 273,120th most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,117,659 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okpeke live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okpeke is also the 1,075,395th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 80 people.
The surname Okpeke is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,418 people, or 1 in 124,924. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 38 percent reside, Benue, where 20 percent reside and Delta, where 8 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
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
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