Apoye Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Apoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Apoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Apoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Apoye is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Apoye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Apoye live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Apoye is most frequent in: Ondo, where 75 percent live and Lagos, where 25 percent live. Besides Nigeria Apoye exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 29 percent live and Kenya, where 14 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 Apoye
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