Omaye Surname
Approximately 1,924 people bear this surname
Omaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,798 | 1:98,522 | 6,724 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| Kenya | 28 | 1:1,649,282 | 35,844 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Omaye (706) may also be a first name.
Omaye Demographics
Omaye Political Affiliation
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Omaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omaye (Hindi: ओमाये) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Omaye? popularity and diffusion
Omaye is the 213,930th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,787,706 people. The last name Omaye is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Omaye live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 310,909th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 706 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,798 people, or 1 in 98,522. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 50 percent live, Delta, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Omaye is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Omaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Omaye last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (91%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Omaye surname are 27.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.91% registered with the political party.
The amount Omaye earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.87% less than the national average, earning $40,803 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Omaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Omaye in the Hindi language | ||
| ओमाये | omaye | - |
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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 Omaye
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