Oghayan Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Oghayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
Oghayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oghayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oghayan is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Oghayan.
How Common Is The Last Name Oghayan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oghayan is the 1,795,579th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oghayan live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Oghayan is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 1,719,833. In Nigeria Oghayan is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 30 percent live, Oyo, where 20 percent live and Kogi, where 19 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Iran, where 2 percent live.
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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 Oghayan
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