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
The last name Oweye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oweye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,070,546th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oweye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oweye is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent forename globally, held by 29 people.
The surname Oweye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 770,186. In Nigeria Oweye is most numerous in: Ekiti, where 32 percent live, Delta, where 14 percent live and Osun, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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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