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 occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyeri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,092,155th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyeri live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Oyeri is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 11 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 333,669. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Hoima District, where 33 percent reside, Masindi District, where 26 percent reside and Kyankwanzi District, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 46 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 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 Oyeri
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