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 last name Oyema occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. 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 used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 6,987,101 people. The last name Oyema occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyema are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 50 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 436,161st most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 393 people.
This surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 506 people, or 1 in 146,007. Besides The DR Congo this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 48 percent live and The Congo, where 1 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
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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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