Oyegah Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Oyegah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Oyegah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyegah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyegah occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyegah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oyegah are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria Oyegah is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 74 percent reside and Rivers, where 26 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Oyegah
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