Oyene Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Oyene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 115 | 1:180,601 | 19,028 |
| Nigeria | 97 | 1:1,826,214 | 65,886 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
Oyene (64) may also be a first name.
Oyene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyene occurs most in Cameroon. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 978,274th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Oyene live; 59 percent live in Central Africa and 59 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 64 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 180,601. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 75 percent live, Southwest Region, where 13 percent live and Littoral Region, where 9 percent live. Beside Cameroon it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 37 percent live and The DR Congo, where 10 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 Oyene
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