Oyeri Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Oyeri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 117 | 1:333,669 | 22,303 |
| Congo | 103 | 1:48,438 | 4,465 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Oyeri (11) may also be a first name.
Oyeri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyeri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyeri is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Oyeri.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyeri? popularity and diffusion
Oyeri is the 1,092,155th most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyeri are found; 53 percent are found in East Africa and 51 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 11 people.
It is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 333,669. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Hoima District, where 33 percent live, Masindi District, where 26 percent live and Kyankwanzi District, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 46 percent live and Kenya, where 1 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 Oyeri
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