Opayi Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Opayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
Opayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Opayi is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Opayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opayi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,967,751st most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name Opayi is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Opayi live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Opayi is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 592,050. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Vihiga County, where 87 percent live, Bungoma County, where 5 percent live and Nairobi County, where 5 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 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 Opayi
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