Omeke Surname
Approximately 6,555 people bear this surname
Omeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,225 | 1:28,457 | 2,417 |
| Uganda | 168 | 1:232,377 | 17,736 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| Kenya | 54 | 1:855,183 | 32,488 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Omeke (849) may also be a first name.
Omeke Demographics
Average Omeke Salary in
United States
$35,120 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Omeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omeke is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omeke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 74,968th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,111,754 people. Omeke occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Omeke are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omeke is also the 279,817th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 849 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 6,225 people, or 1 in 28,457. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 39 percent live, Delta, where 9 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria Omeke is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Omeke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Omeke last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Omeke surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
Omeke earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.61% less than the national average, earning $35,120 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 Omeke
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