Oyefuga Surname

998,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyefuga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oyefuga Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2371:747,43833,954
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

Oyefuga (30) may also be a first name.

Oyefuga Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oyefuga Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Oyefuga is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Oyefuga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyefuga? popularity and diffusion

It is the 998,609th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 28,466,976 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Oyefuga reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 30 people.

The surname Oyefuga is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 237 people, or 1 in 747,438. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 43 percent are found, Lagos, where 36 percent are found and Oyo, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Oyefuga exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyefunga933/
Oyofuga861/
Oyafugha8010/
Ejifugha6723/
Eyifugha677/
Oyafigha671/
Ayefigha671/
Yeffougo671/
Oufiga6213/
Oifogha574/
Houfoga571/
Hayafugi539/
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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 Oyefuga
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