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 occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okuyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okuyi live; 78 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 722,950. In Uganda Okuyi is primarily concentrated in: Buyende District, where 31 percent live, Pallisa District, where 28 percent live and Budaka District, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda it exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 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 Okuyi
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