Oyale Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Oyale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 124 | 1:372,419 | 21,454 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Oyale (27) may also be a first name.
Oyale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyale occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyale? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,140,742nd most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Oyale reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Oyale is also the 2,036,353rd most common given name globally, borne by 27 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 124 people, or 1 in 372,419. In Kenya Oyale is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 98 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside and Vihiga County, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Kenya this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 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 Oyale
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