Oyieke Surname
Approximately 607 people bear this surname
Oyieke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 581 | 1:79,483 | 7,363 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Oyieke (54) may also be a first name.
Oyieke Demographics
Oyieke Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oyieke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyieke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyieke is found most frequently in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyieke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 532,232nd most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,005,842 people. The last name Oyieke is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Oyieke reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 71 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Oyieke is also the 1,350,955th most widely held first name on earth, borne by 54 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 581 people, or 1 in 79,483. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Homa Bay County, where 53 percent live, Nairobi County, where 24 percent live and Kisumu County, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Oyieke occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.
Oyieke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Oyieke surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Oyieke
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