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 last name Omoya is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Omoya is the 177,264th most frequently held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,018,867 people. Omoya occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Omoya reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omoya is also the 507,810th most prevalent given name at a global level It is held by 301 people.
The last name Omoya is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,153 people, or 1 in 153,636. In Nigeria Omoya is most numerous in: Ekiti, where 59 percent are found, Lagos, where 9 percent are found and Delta, where 7 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 42 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 7 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 Omoya
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