Opiye Surname
Approximately 230 people bear this surname
Opiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 177 | 1:46,066 | 5,702 |
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
Opiye (59) may also be a first name.
Opiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Opiye is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opiye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,076,574th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. The last name Opiye is primarily found in Oceania, where 77 percent of Opiye live; 77 percent live in Oceania Islands and 77 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequent first name globally, borne by 59 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 46,066. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Jiwaka, where 81 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 12 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 6 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 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 Opiye
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