Okpele Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Okpele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 149 | 1:1,188,878 | 48,183 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okpele (12) may also be a first name.
Okpele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okpele is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,428,594th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okpele reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 1,188,878. In Nigeria Okpele is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 23 percent live, Cross River, where 21 percent live and Rivers, where 15 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okpelle | 92 | 22 | / |
| Okpaele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gokpele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okpoele | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okple | 91 | 5 | / |
| Akpele | 83 | 1,237 | / |
| Okpale | 83 | 766 | / |
| Oukple | 83 | 525 | / |
| Okpole | 83 | 514 | / |
| Ekpele | 83 | 178 | / |
| Ukpele | 83 | 169 | / |
| Okpile | 83 | 15 | / |
| Okpeli | 83 | 5 | / |
| Okpela | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ogpele | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekpaele | 77 | 5 | / |
| Akpelle | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekpeile | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okpaile | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okphale | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okpeali | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akple | 73 | 212 | / |
| Akpeli | 67 | 1,777 | / |
| Ekpale | 67 | 1,019 | / |
| Okpali | 67 | 701 | / |
| Akpale | 67 | 579 | / |
| Akpela | 67 | 401 | / |
| Okpoli | 67 | 279 | / |
| Ukpeli | 67 | 143 | / |
| Akpile | 67 | 100 | / |
| Ekpeli | 67 | 92 | / |
| Ukpela | 67 | 52 | / |
| Akpole | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ukpile | 67 | 15 | / |
| Akpely | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ekpole | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akplle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpila | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogpole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpili | 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 Okpele
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