Oweye Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Oweye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 230 | 1:770,186 | 34,704 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oweye (29) may also be a first name.
Oweye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oweye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oweye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,070,546th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oweye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oweye is also the 1,951,561st most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 29 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 770,186. In Nigeria Oweye is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 32 percent reside, Delta, where 14 percent reside and Osun, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Oweye
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