Okoth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Benard Otieno Okoth, Kenyan politician Clive Okoth (born c. 1982), Ugandan airline pilot John Eliud Okoth (born 1958), Kenyan field hockey player Ken Okoth (1978-2019), Kenyan politician Nick Okoth (born 1983), Kenyan amateur boxer Yona Okoth (1926-2001), Ugandan Anglican archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth (born 1942), Kenyan Roman Catholic archbishop