Okye Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Okye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Okye (48) may also be a first name.
Okye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okye is the 1,775,494th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Okye live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okye is also the 1,448,253rd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 48 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Okye is most frequent in: Enugu, where 30 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 17 percent reside and Abia, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Okye
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