Oyena Surname
Approximately 690 people bear this surname
Oyena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 651 | 1:59,968 | 6,966 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Oyena (57) may also be a first name.
Oyena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyena is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Oyena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyena? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 482,629th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 10,561,661 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyena live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 57 people.
The last name is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 651 people, or 1 in 59,968. In Uganda Oyena is most prevalent in: Oyam District, where 26 percent live, Lira District, where 19 percent live and Alebtong District, where 18 percent live. Not including Uganda this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, 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 Oyena
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