Oyecha Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Oyecha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 24 | 1:1,626,637 | 57,482 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Oyecha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyecha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyecha is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyecha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Oyecha is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyecha are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 1,626,637. In Uganda Oyecha is most common in: Zombo District, where 54 percent live, Masindi District, where 29 percent live and Kiryandongo District, where 13 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 11 percent live.
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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 Oyecha
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