Okure Surname
Approximately 7,138 people bear this surname
Okure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,659 | 1:10,669 | 1,804 |
| Nigeria | 3,321 | 1:53,340 | 4,077 |
| Japan | 66 | 1:1,937,035 | 27,402 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Okure (211) may also be a first name.
Okure Demographics
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Okure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okure is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okure? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 69,422nd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,020,951 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okure live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okure is also the 622,565th most widely held first name globally It is held by 211 people.
The surname Okure is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 3,659 people, or 1 in 10,669. In Uganda it is most common in: Katakwi District, where 44 percent live, Amuria District, where 19 percent live and Soroti District, where 5 percent live. Beside Uganda this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 47 percent live and Japan, where 1 percent live.
Okure Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Okure surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.
Okure earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.21% less than the national average, earning $30,545 USD per year.
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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 Okure
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