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 last name Imoye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Imoye is the 3,798,600th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Imoye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 15 people.
Imoye is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Imoye is most frequent in: Edo, where 35 percent reside, Rivers, where 23 percent reside and Ekiti, where 19 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis