Oyieko Surname
Approximately 1,192 people bear this surname
Oyieko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,073 | 1:43,038 | 4,485 |
| Tanzania | 107 | 1:494,781 | 33,101 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Oyieko (181) may also be a first name.
Oyieko Demographics
Oyieko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oyieko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyieko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyieko is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyieko? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oyieko is the 314,885th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 6,113,713 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyieko live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 677,199th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 181 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,073 people, or 1 in 43,038. In Kenya Oyieko is most common in: Kisumu County, where 28 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 17 percent live and Migori County, where 14 percent live. Excluding Kenya Oyieko occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Oyieko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily 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 Oyieko
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