Olekpe Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Olekpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
Olekpe (21) may also be a first name.
Olekpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olekpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olekpe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olekpe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olekpe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 21 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 87 percent are found, Edo, where 7 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent are found.
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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 Olekpe
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