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
The surname Omokanye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Omokanye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omokanye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 289,639th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,508,349 people. The surname Omokanye occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Omokanye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omokanye is also the 1,212,820th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 65 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,275 people, or 1 in 138,935. In Nigeria Omokanye is mostly concentrated in: Kwara, where 34 percent reside, Osun, where 27 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Omokanye occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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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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