Omeyo Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Omeyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
Omeyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omeyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omeyo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omeyo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Omeyo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omeyo live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Omeyo is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 45 percent reside, Abia, where 40 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 26 percent reside and Uganda, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Omeyo
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