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 surname Oyebe is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyebe? popularity and diffusion
Oyebe is the 1,125,333rd most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The last name Oyebe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oyebe live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used given name internationally, held by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 148,350. In Cameroon Oyebe is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 55 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found and South Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Oyebe
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