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 is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most numerous surname globally, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Okye are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okye is also the 1,448,253rd most widely held first name globally, held by 48 people.
Okye is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 30 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 17 percent live and Abia, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
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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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