Omieye Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Omieye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Omieye (58) may also be a first name.
Omieye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omieye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omieye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omieye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. Omieye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Omieye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most commonly occurring forename in the world, held by 58 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Omieye is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 72 percent are found, Ondo, where 9 percent are found and Rivers, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 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 Omieye
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