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
Memoye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Memoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Memoye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,589,322nd most common family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. The last name Memoye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Memoye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Memoye is also the 735,679th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 156 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 1,405,895. In Nigeria Memoye is primarily found in: Rivers, where 98 percent reside, Adamawa, where 1 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists 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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