Memoye Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Memoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Memoye (156) may also be a first name.
Memoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Memoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Memoye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Memoye? popularity and diffusion
Memoye is the 1,589,322nd most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name Memoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Memoye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 735,679th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 156 people.
The last name Memoye is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 1,405,895. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 98 percent reside, Adamawa, where 1 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Sudan, where 1 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 Memoye
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