Oyese Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Oyese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 195 | 1:200,201 | 16,084 |
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Oyese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyese is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyese? popularity and diffusion
It is the 973,426th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyese live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 200,201. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Tororo District, where 74 percent are found, Katakwi District, where 8 percent are found and Pallisa District, where 6 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 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 Oyese
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