Omiye Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Omiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 380 | 1:466,165 | 23,604 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Omiye (57) may also be a first name.
Omiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omiye is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omiye? popularity and diffusion
Omiye is the 734,496th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,496,309 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Omiye are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 57 people.
The surname Omiye is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 466,165. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 48 percent reside, Delta, where 17 percent reside and Ogun, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Omiye
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