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 last name Oyese is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Oyese click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyese? popularity and diffusion
It is the 973,426th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 27,396,789 people. The last name is primarily found 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 borne by 195 people, or 1 in 200,201. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Tororo District, where 74 percent live, Katakwi District, where 8 percent live and Pallisa District, where 6 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 26 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 Oyese
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