Opakasi Surname
Approximately 341 people bear this surname
Opakasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 335 | 1:116,535 | 11,212 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
Opakasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opakasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opakasi occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opakasi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 816,514th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 21,371,102 people. The surname Opakasi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Opakasi are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 335 people, or 1 in 116,535. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Pallisa District, where 59 percent live, Bukedea District, where 12 percent live and Kumi District, where 11 percent live. Not including Uganda it is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 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
- 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 Opakasi
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