Omokanye Surname
Approximately 1,323 people bear this surname
Omokanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,275 | 1:138,935 | 8,946 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Omokanye (65) may also be a first name.
Omokanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omokanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omokanye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Omokanye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Omokanye is the 289,639th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,508,349 people. The last name Omokanye is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Omokanye are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omokanye is also the 1,212,820th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 65 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,275 people, or 1 in 138,935. In Nigeria Omokanye is mostly found in: Kwara, where 34 percent live, Osun, where 27 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Barring Nigeria Omokanye exists in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 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
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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 Omokanye
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