Oyanji Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Oyanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Oyanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyanji is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyanji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Oyanji occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyanji reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 15,393,300. In Kenya Oyanji is most prevalent in: Migori County, where 33 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 33 percent reside and Uasin Gishu County, where 33 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 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 Oyanji
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