Owoyeye Surname
Approximately 363 people bear this surname
Owoyeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 362 | 1:489,345 | 24,522 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owoyeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoyeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owoyeye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoyeye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 780,352nd most prevalent last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 20,075,884 people. The last name Owoyeye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owoyeye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 362 people, or 1 in 489,345. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 52 percent reside, Ogun, where 15 percent reside and Ondo, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owoeyeye | 93 | 2 | / |
| Owoyey | 92 | 4 | / |
| Awoyeye | 86 | 491 | / |
| Owoweye | 86 | 12 | / |
| Owayeye | 86 | 6 | / |
| Owwoeye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Owuyeye | 86 | 3 | / |
| Owoyaye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Owoueye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Oweyeye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owoyeyi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owoieye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owoyeie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gowoeye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owoye | 83 | 407 | / |
| Oweye | 83 | 232 | / |
| Owoey | 83 | 4 | / |
| Awoyeyer | 80 | 4 | / |
| Owoeje | 77 | 11 | / |
| Awoeye | 77 | 8 | / |
| Owoiye | 77 | 7 | / |
| Owoeyi | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ooweye | 77 | 5 | / |
| Owaeye | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ouweye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Howoey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oweyie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owiyee | 77 | 1 | / |
| Howeye | 77 | 0 | / |
| Owojaye | 71 | 171 | / |
| Awoyeyi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Owojoye | 71 | 6 | / |
| Howeyhe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Awoyoye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Owojeya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owyeije | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owoueyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owojeje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obaweye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owuye | 67 | 626 | / |
| Owojaiye | 67 | 490 | / |
| Awoye | 67 | 431 | / |
| Aweye | 67 | 324 | / |
| Oweya | 67 | 232 | / |
| Owaye | 67 | 152 | / |
| Hohweyer | 67 | 78 | / |
| Govoyeyi | 67 | 31 | / |
| Oweyi | 67 | 31 | / |
| Oweae | 67 | 25 | / |
| Awoee | 67 | 10 | / |
| Goweyeah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Owowe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oweje | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oweie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owoie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owaey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ovoye | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Owoyeye
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