Imoye Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Imoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Imoye (15) may also be a first name.
Imoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Imoye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Imoye is the 3,798,600th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Imoye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Imoye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname Imoye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Imoye is primarily found in: Edo, where 35 percent reside, Rivers, where 23 percent reside and Ekiti, where 19 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Imoye
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