Omoya Surname
Approximately 2,414 people bear this surname
Omoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,153 | 1:153,636 | 9,700 |
| Uganda | 1,009 | 1:38,691 | 4,967 |
| DR Congo | 178 | 1:415,054 | 34,837 |
| Japan | 38 | 1:3,364,324 | 34,461 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Omoya (301) may also be a first name.
Omoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omoya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 177,264th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,018,867 people. Omoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Omoya are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 507,810th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 301 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,153 people, or 1 in 153,636. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 59 percent reside, Lagos, where 9 percent reside and Delta, where 7 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 42 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 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 Omoya
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