Oyaka Surname
Approximately 1,482 people bear this surname
Oyaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 595 | 1:124,167 | 13,438 |
| Uganda | 470 | 1:83,062 | 8,819 |
| Nigeria | 375 | 1:472,381 | 23,815 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oyaka (113) may also be a first name.
Oyaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyaka is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Oyaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 264,221st most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,917,372 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oyaka are found; 41 percent are found in Central Africa and 41 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 881,625th most common first name throughout the world, held by 113 people.
Oyaka is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 595 people, or 1 in 124,167. Other than The DR Congo this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 32 percent live and Nigeria, where 25 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 Oyaka
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