Oyeniwe Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Oyeniwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
Oyeniwe (17) may also be a first name.
Oyeniwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyeniwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyeniwe is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyeniwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,955,159th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyeniwe reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 17 people.
Oyeniwe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 63 percent live, Osun, where 14 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Egypt, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyeniswe | 93 | 2 | / |
| Yoyeniwe | 93 | 1 | / |
| Oweniwe | 86 | 351 | / |
| Ojeniwe | 86 | 121 | / |
| Oyeniwa | 86 | 20 | / |
| Oyenuwe | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ojeniweh | 80 | 48 | / |
| Oweniewe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oynibe | 77 | 11 | / |
| Houegniwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oyenibi | 71 | 290 | / |
| Ejiniwe | 71 | 99 | / |
| Ojenuwe | 71 | 49 | / |
| Ayenibe | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ayenuwe | 71 | 6 | / |
| Yengewe | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ayeniwa | 71 | 4 | / |
| Oyenebe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Houegnihwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oyenivi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ujeniwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eyenuwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oyenebi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owenuwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ayoniwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ayouniwe | 67 | 17 | / |
| Yeniowoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awegniwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyenesue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayenuwei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyanivie | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Oyeniwe
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis