Oyema Surname
Approximately 1,043 people bear this surname
Oyema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 506 | 1:146,007 | 15,343 |
| Nigeria | 501 | 1:353,578 | 19,069 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Oyema (393) may also be a first name.
Oyema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyema is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 349,967th most commonly held last name globally, held by around 1 in 6,987,101 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyema live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Oyema is also the 436,161st most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 393 people.
The surname Oyema is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 506 people, or 1 in 146,007. Besides The DR Congo it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 48 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 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 Oyema
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