Oyeme Surname
Approximately 220 people bear this surname
Oyeme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oyeme (60) may also be a first name.
Oyeme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyeme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyeme occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyeme? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,108,016th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 33,125,209 people. The surname Oyeme occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyeme are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 60 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 65 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Edo, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Oyeme
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