Opye Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Opye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Opye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Opye is most common in Uganda. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Opye live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Opye is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 1,697,360. In Uganda Opye is mostly concentrated in: Oyam District, where 91 percent are found, Kiryandongo District, where 4 percent are found and Kole District, where 4 percent are found. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, 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 Opye
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