Oyero Surname
Approximately 3,298 people bear this surname
Oyero Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,865 | 1:61,830 | 4,583 |
| Benin | 343 | 1:30,133 | 3,978 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Paraguay | 15 | 1:482,450 | 6,463 |
| Peru | 10 | 1:3,178,412 | 30,046 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Oyero (94) may also be a first name.
Oyero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyero Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyero is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyero? popularity and diffusion
Oyero is the 136,121st most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 2,209,686 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oyero reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyero is also the 980,251st most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 94 people.
The surname Oyero is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,865 people, or 1 in 61,830. In Nigeria Oyero is most numerous in: Ogun, where 38 percent live, Lagos, where 24 percent live and Oyo, where 22 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Oyero exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 10 percent live and Uganda, 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 Oyero
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