Awoyeye Surname
Approximately 491 people bear this surname
Awoyeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 488 | 1:362,997 | 19,456 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Awoyeye (19) may also be a first name.
Awoyeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awoyeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awoyeye occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awoyeye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 624,505th most common family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 14,842,252 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Awoyeye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 19 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 488 people, or 1 in 362,997. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Osun, where 52 percent are found, Ondo, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awoyeyer | 93 | 4 | / |
| Awoeye | 92 | 8 | / |
| Owoyeye | 86 | 363 | / |
| Awoyeyi | 86 | 8 | / |
| Awoyoye | 86 | 3 | / |
| Awoye | 83 | 431 | / |
| Aweye | 83 | 324 | / |
| Awoee | 83 | 10 | / |
| Owoeyeye | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gaweye | 77 | 15 | / |
| Awoyei | 77 | 7 | / |
| Awiyee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Haweye | 77 | 4 | / |
| Owoyey | 77 | 4 | / |
| Awayee | 77 | 4 | / |
| Asweye | 77 | 4 | / |
| Aweyed | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ajwoye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aiweye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aweyet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aweyes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awowey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aweeye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hawoye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Abiyeye | 71 | 74 | / |
| Owoweye | 71 | 12 | / |
| Awojaye | 71 | 6 | / |
| Owayeye | 71 | 6 | / |
| Owwoeye | 71 | 4 | / |
| Awoyayi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aboyeyi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Owuyeye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Abeyeye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Owoueye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Owoyaye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oweyeye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aboueye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owoyeyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aweyess | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ahoueye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gawaeye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gowoeye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awojoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aboyeje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owoyeie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obaweye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owoieye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abuyeye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awuye | 67 | 3,306 | / |
| Awaye | 67 | 912 | / |
| Owoye | 67 | 407 | / |
| Aweya | 67 | 322 | / |
| Oweye | 67 | 232 | / |
| Aweyi | 67 | 126 | / |
| Aweje | 67 | 35 | / |
| Awowe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Awaee | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aweae | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hawoyeha | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owoey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Avoye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aweee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avoee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aweie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aweei | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Awoyeye
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