Onyeye Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Onyeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Onyeye (86) may also be a first name.
Onyeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Onyeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Onyeye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Onyeye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Onyeye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Onyeye is also the 1,032,266th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 86 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 71 people, or 1 in 2,494,968. In Nigeria Onyeye is most common in: Lagos, where 37 percent reside, Enugu, where 34 percent reside and Borno, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Onyeye occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, 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 Onyeye
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