Okune Surname
Approximately 1,296 people bear this surname
Okune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 554 | 1:83,357 | 7,655 |
| Nigeria | 502 | 1:352,874 | 19,032 |
| Uganda | 205 | 1:190,436 | 15,550 |
| Japan | 13 | 1:9,834,176 | 45,186 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Okune (197) may also be a first name.
Okune Demographics
Okune Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okune Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okune (Russian: Окунеь) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Okune.
How Common Is The Last Name Okune? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 294,474th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,623,106 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okune reside; 59 percent reside in East Africa and 39 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Okune is also the 646,152nd most numerous forename internationally, borne by 197 people.
The surname Okune is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 554 people, or 1 in 83,357. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 68 percent live, Nairobi County, where 15 percent live and Siaya County, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 39 percent live and Uganda, where 16 percent live.
Okune Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Okune Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Okune in the Russian language | ||
| Окунеь | okune | - |
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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 Okune
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