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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Omoya is the 177,264th most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 3,018,867 people. The surname Omoya is mostly found 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 frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 301 people.
The surname Omoya is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,153 people, or 1 in 153,636. In Nigeria Omoya is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 59 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Delta, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Omoya exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 42 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.
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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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