Omokanye Surname

289,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,323 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omokanye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omokanye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2751:138,9358,946
England301:1,857,26974,552
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omokanaye94118/
Omokanoye9410/
Omokaney884/
Omokonye883/
Omakanye881/
Omokanaya825/
Omokonge75101/
Amakanye751/
Omakange751/
Omookonge711/
Ahamokonye671/
Amakanji50100/

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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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