Ogunyeye Surname
Approximately 940 people bear this surname
Ogunyeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 931 | 1:190,271 | 11,539 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ogunyeye (12) may also be a first name.
Ogunyeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogunyeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogunyeye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogunyeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ogunyeye is the 379,617th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,752,708 people. Ogunyeye is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ogunyeye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogunyeye is also the 3,306,491st most common first name on earth It is held by 12 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 931 people, or 1 in 190,271. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 54 percent are found, Osun, where 9 percent are found and Ondo, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogunyseye | 94 | 3 | / |
| Ogunyeoye | 94 | 2 | / |
| Ogunyesoye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ogunyoye | 88 | 238 | / |
| Ogunieye | 88 | 44 | / |
| Ogunjeye | 88 | 4 | / |
| Ogunheye | 88 | 4 | / |
| Ogunyeyi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ogunyaye | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ogonyeye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ogunyooye | 82 | 84 | / |
| Oguniseye | 82 | 3 | / |
| Ogunyioye | 82 | 1 | / |
| Oguniye | 80 | 32 | / |
| Oguniey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogunniye | 75 | 85 | / |
| Ogunyejo | 75 | 47 | / |
| Ogunjaye | 75 | 20 | / |
| Ogunjoye | 75 | 5 | / |
| Ogunyayo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ogunjeyo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ogunieyo | 75 | 3 | / |
| Oguniyie | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ogunyowe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ogouniye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ogunioye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Agunjeye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oguniaye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ogungeje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ogunyuyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ogunnaiye | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ogunitoye | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ogounyayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogunniyie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogunyooie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogunneuoye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aguniye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oguneaseyi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ogunyeye
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