Oryer Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Oryer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Oryer (13) may also be a first name.
Oryer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oryer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oryer has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oryer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,333,370th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oryer live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oryer is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 13 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria Oryer is mostly found in: Benue, where 98 percent reside and Kaduna, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Oryer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Oryer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Oryer surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Oryer
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