Foyewa Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Foyewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Foyewa (13) may also be a first name.
Foyewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foyewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foyewa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foyewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,871,545th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Foyewa are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Foyewa is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 13 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria Foyewa is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 66 percent reside, Lagos, where 27 percent reside and Osun, where 4 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foewa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fayewa | 83 | 10 | / |
| Fouewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Foewea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Foewhea | 77 | 10 | / |
| Fouwa | 73 | 159 | / |
| Faywa | 73 | 22 | / |
| Foeva | 73 | 10 | / |
| Feuwa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Fyeva | 73 | 3 | / |
| Feiwa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Foywi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Voywa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fowewe | 67 | 95 | / |
| Foyiba | 67 | 75 | / |
| Fayeba | 67 | 54 | / |
| Foyibe | 67 | 27 | / |
| Foyabo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Fayewo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fayowa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fiyawa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fowewo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Foyaba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Foyawo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Feewah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fayewaits | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fayiwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuyawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feaway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fieway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fouwha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fouwea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phoewa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuyewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foyabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foubea | 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 Foyewa
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