Olekete Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Olekete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 167 | 1:276,526 | 18,122 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Olekete Demographics
Olekete Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Olekete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olekete Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olekete is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olekete? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olekete is the 1,321,499th most widespread last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Olekete is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olekete reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Olekete is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 276,526. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Busia County, where 54 percent live, Bungoma County, where 38 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 5 percent live. Outside of Kenya it is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Olekete Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oleket | 92 | 178 | / |
| Elekete | 86 | 29 | / |
| Alekete | 86 | 2 | / |
| Holekate | 80 | 8 | / |
| Olekaite | 80 | 3 | / |
| Oletkett | 80 | 2 | / |
| Aleket | 77 | 23 | / |
| Elekate | 71 | 50 | / |
| Alleket | 71 | 14 | / |
| Olakote | 71 | 3 | / |
| Eleketi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Olikate | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alakete | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elokete | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olokote | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olekiti | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oliketa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alekote | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alekets | 71 | 1 | / |
| Halekote | 67 | 74 | / |
| Aleskite | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oloketuy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Elekatte | 67 | 3 | / |
| Olekaitė | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alekatte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elikette | 67 | 1 | / |
| Holakote | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olekotoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olekotoi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Olekete
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