Okpel Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Okpel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Okpel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okpel occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Okpel occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okpel are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okpel is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 86 percent live and Delta, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 13 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 Okpel
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