Okpeya Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Okpeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okpeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okpeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okpeya is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okpeya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,580,327th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okpeya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria Okpeya is mostly found in: Delta, where 67 percent are found, Lagos, where 31 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Okpeya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Okpeya
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