Okuyi Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Okuyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 54 | 1:722,950 | 35,796 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
Okuyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okuyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okuyi has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okuyi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okuyi is the 2,293,424th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. Okuyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okuyi reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Okuyi is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 722,950. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Buyende District, where 31 percent are found, Pallisa District, where 28 percent are found and Budaka District, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 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 Okuyi
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