Etoye Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Etoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Etoye (27) may also be a first name.
Etoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Etoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Etoye is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Etoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most widespread last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Etoye is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Etoye reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 27 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Etoye is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent live and Edo, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live and Uganda, where 9 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 Etoye
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