Okpete Surname

599,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpete Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okpete Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5141:344,63618,677
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Okpete (67) may also be a first name.

Okpete Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okpete is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpete? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okpete is the 599,225th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,041,514 people. Okpete occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okpete live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 67 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 514 people, or 1 in 344,636. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 56 percent reside, Benue, where 11 percent reside and Cross River, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Okpete occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okpetie9218/
Okpetey924/
Okpethe921/
Okpoete921/
Okpetei921/
Okpiete921/
Okpet9117/
Houkpete862/
Okpoette861/
Ekpete831,705/
Okpeta83442/
Ukpete83218/
Akpete83200/
Okpate8324/
Okpite8322/
Okpeti8316/
Okpote833/
Okpeth831/
Akpetey77416/
Akpaete77108/
Ukpette7773/
Okpeita7770/
Ekpette7737/
Akpethe7717/
Akpetie7714/
Okpaeti776/
Ekpeete776/
Okpeïta775/
Ekpoete774/
Okpetta774/
Akpeteu772/
Akpetea772/
Hokphet772/
Hokpate771/
Hekpete771/
Oukpeti771/
Okpeîta771/
Akpoete771/
Akpeate771/
Okpaate771/
Ekpaete771/
Okpetai771/
Okpatee771/
Akpet73538/
Okpit7322/
Okped732/
Akpaette71462/
Ekpoette7141/
Ukpetteh7110/
Akpaetie719/
Akpeatte714/
Ukpetheu711/
Ukpeette711/
Akpoethe711/
Okpoti673,916/
Ekpeti67698/
Akpeti67223/
Akpate67133/
Ekpety6788/
Okpati6764/
Akpote6759/
Akpeta6724/
Ekpite6721/
Akpety673/
Akpite672/
Ukpeti671/
Akpeit671/
Okpiti671/
Okpita671/
Ekpaettte671/
Ookped671/

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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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  • 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 Okpete
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