Omiyah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Omiyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Omiyah (56) may also be a first name.
Omiyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omiyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omiyah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Omiyah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omiyah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Omiyah live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omiyah is also the 1,321,957th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 56 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent reside and Benue, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 11 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 Omiyah
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