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
The last name Oyasi (Oriya: ଓୟାଶି) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyasi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oyasi is the 1,276,805th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oyasi are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyasi is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.
The surname Oyasi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 74 percent live, Edo, where 16 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common 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
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- 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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