Omuye Surname
Approximately 510 people bear this surname
Omuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 420 | 1:421,768 | 21,856 |
| Uganda | 86 | 1:453,945 | 27,029 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omuye (39) may also be a first name.
Omuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omuye is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omuye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Omuye is the 607,405th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,289,306 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Omuye are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omuye is also the 1,637,361st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 39 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 421,768. In Nigeria Omuye is mostly found in: Delta, where 75 percent are found, Edo, where 7 percent are found and Ondo, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 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 Omuye
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