Opeye Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Opeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Opeye (17) may also be a first name.
Opeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Opeye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Opeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Opeye is the 5,057,639th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Opeye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Opeye live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Opeye is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 17 people.
The surname Opeye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Opeye is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 54 percent are found, Ondo, where 23 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Opeye exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent are found and Yemen, 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 Opeye
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