Oyebe Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Oyebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 140 | 1:148,350 | 16,370 |
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Oyebe (25) may also be a first name.
Oyebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyebe is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyebe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,125,333rd most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The surname Oyebe is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Oyebe reside; 74 percent reside in Central Africa and 74 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 25 people.
This surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 148,350. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 55 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found and South Region, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Oyebe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis