Oyere Surname
Approximately 724 people bear this surname
Oyere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 354 | 1:500,403 | 24,988 |
| Ivory Coast | 207 | 1:111,455 | 5,633 |
| Congo | 89 | 1:56,057 | 5,026 |
| Uganda | 64 | 1:609,989 | 32,257 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Oyéré (1) are calculated separately.
Oyere (512) may also be a first name.
Oyere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyere is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Oyéré. For other potential spellings of Oyere click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyere? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oyere is the 465,182nd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 10,065,671 people. Oyere is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oyere live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyere is also the 373,684th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 512 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 354 people, or 1 in 500,403. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 36 percent are found, Edo, where 25 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 19 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 29 percent are found and The Congo, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Oyere
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