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
The surname Oyene occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oyene is the 978,274th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Oyene live; 59 percent live in Central Africa and 59 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Oyene is also the 1,223,525th most frequent forename on earth, held by 64 people.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 180,601. In Cameroon Oyene is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 75 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 13 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Oyene is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 37 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside.
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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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