Oyiga Surname
Approximately 893 people bear this surname
Oyiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 884 | 1:200,388 | 12,013 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Oyiga (50) may also be a first name.
Oyiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyiga occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oyiga.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyiga? popularity and diffusion
Oyiga is the 395,186th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,160,746 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyiga reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most numerous first name in the world, held by 50 people.
Oyiga is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 884 people, or 1 in 200,388. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 76 percent are found, Lagos, where 8 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 0 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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 Oyiga
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