Oyawe Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Oyawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
Oyawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyawe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyawe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,432,070th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyawe are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Oyawe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 54 percent reside, Osun, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Congo, where 27 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyawei | 91 | 3 | / |
| Hoyawe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oyaw | 89 | 19 | / |
| Oywe | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oyauwei | 83 | 5 | / |
| Oyowe | 80 | 879 | / |
| Iyawe | 80 | 760 | / |
| Oyawa | 80 | 155 | / |
| Oyabe | 80 | 136 | / |
| Ayawe | 80 | 130 | / |
| Oyiwe | 80 | 126 | / |
| Oyewe | 80 | 18 | / |
| Uyawe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Eyawe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Oywee | 80 | 3 | / |
| Yoawe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oyawi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ouywe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hoyaw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Awe | 75 | 57,177 | / |
| Oyw | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ayawei | 73 | 695 | / |
| Oyowei | 73 | 273 | / |
| Ayawet | 73 | 148 | / |
| Hayawe | 73 | 27 | / |
| Ouiawe | 73 | 9 | / |
| Iyawer | 73 | 9 | / |
| Iyawei | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ayawue | 73 | 7 | / |
| Hoyabe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Iyaweh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hoyowe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Goyave | 73 | 4 | / |
| Oyavhe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Auyawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Giyawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayaweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayawey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ojawhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hiyawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyiweh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoywer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyiwge | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyabei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyabee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyewei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oyow | 67 | 2,713 | / |
| Hawe | 67 | 2,436 | / |
| Awey | 67 | 2,244 | / |
| Auwe | 67 | 1,810 | / |
| Awei | 67 | 679 | / |
| Ayaw | 67 | 453 | / |
| Awea | 67 | 407 | / |
| Awee | 67 | 340 | / |
| Ouwe | 67 | 307 | / |
| Aiwe | 67 | 237 | / |
| Oywa | 67 | 189 | / |
| Awhe | 67 | 130 | / |
| Awue | 67 | 49 | / |
| Eawe | 67 | 34 | / |
| Eyaw | 67 | 28 | / |
| Uyaw | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ojwe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ajwe | 67 | 19 | / |
| Oyue | 67 | 16 | / |
| Aawe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Iyaw | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oiwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oybe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Owew | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hayawee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ayawuee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oyawais | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eywe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyjw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oywy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oywi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojyw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ohyw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aywe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyve | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gayaweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayahweh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyijwue | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Oyawe
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