Medoye Surname
Approximately 472 people bear this surname
Medoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 466 | 1:380,135 | 20,197 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
Medoye (15) may also be a first name.
Medoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Medoye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Medoye is the 642,991st most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 15,439,716 people. The last name Medoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Medoye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name at a global level. It is borne by 15 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 466 people, or 1 in 380,135. In Nigeria Medoye is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 51 percent are found, Lagos, where 27 percent are found and Delta, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Medoye
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