Areoye Surname
Approximately 1,045 people bear this surname
Areoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,008 | 1:175,737 | 10,848 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Areoye (53) may also be a first name.
Areoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Areoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Areoye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Areoye? popularity and diffusion
Areoye is the 349,405th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,973,728 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Areoye are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most widely held first name on earth, held by 53 people.
The surname Areoye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,008 people, or 1 in 175,737. In Nigeria Areoye is mostly found in: Osun, where 31 percent are found, Oyo, where 26 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and Ireland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Areoye
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