Edowaye Surname
Approximately 108 people bear this surname
Edowaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Edowaye (265) may also be a first name.
Edowaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edowaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Edowaye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Edowaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Edowaye? popularity and diffusion
Edowaye is the 1,765,740th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. The last name Edowaye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Edowaye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 546,451st most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 265 people.
Edowaye is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 1,655,540. In Nigeria it is most common in: Edo, where 41 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Delta, where 15 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edowaiye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Edoway | 92 | 223 | / |
| Eduwaye | 86 | 72 | / |
| Odowaye | 86 | 37 | / |
| Edoweye | 86 | 5 | / |
| Edowaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Edowoyhe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Edowoeye | 80 | 1 | / |
| Edowai | 77 | 6,271 | / |
| Odoway | 77 | 5 | / |
| Adoway | 77 | 3 | / |
| Edawye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Idowae | 77 | 1 | / |
| Edowei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hodoway | 71 | 19 | / |
| Odewaye | 71 | 15 | / |
| Eduweye | 71 | 13 | / |
| Adowoye | 71 | 11 | / |
| Adewaye | 71 | 9 | / |
| Eddowai | 71 | 6 | / |
| Edoowai | 71 | 5 | / |
| Eduwaya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Odowayi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Edoboye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Hadoway | 71 | 3 | / |
| Adawaye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Edubaye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Iduwaye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Edowoyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Edouwai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adowaje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Edouwei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Odowaay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eidobay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eddaway | 71 | 1 | / |
| Edobhiye | 67 | 13 | / |
| Eduwajeh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Edowouyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edoweuyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edovhiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Headaway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heidaway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haddoway | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heideway | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Edowaye
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