Oyasi Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Oyasi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oyasi (18) may also be a first name.
Oyasi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyasi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyasi (Oriya: ଓୟାଶି) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyasi? popularity and diffusion
Oyasi is the 1,276,805th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Oyasi occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oyasi live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria Oyasi is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 74 percent live, Edo, where 16 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and Kenya, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oyasi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oyasi in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓୟାଶି | oyasi | - |
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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 Oyasi
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