Oyeche Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Oyeche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Oyeche (115) may also be a first name.
Oyeche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyeche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyeche is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Oyeche.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyeche? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,730,171st most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oyeche live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyeche is also the 873,022nd most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 115 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Oyeche is most numerous in: Rivers, where 59 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent live and Kogi, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 4 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 Oyeche
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