Aroye Surname
Approximately 187 people bear this surname
Aroye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 174 | 1:1,018,062 | 42,870 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Aroye (34) may also be a first name.
Aroye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aroye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aroye is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aroye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,239,697th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Aroye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 34 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 1,018,062. In Nigeria Aroye is mostly found in: Edo, where 45 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Oyo, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Aroye is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 3 percent are found and Somalia, where 2 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 Aroye
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