Oyime Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Oyime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
Oyime (59) may also be a first name.
Oyime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyime Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyime is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyime? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oyime is the 2,876,555th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name Oyime occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyime reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 59 people.
Oyime is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Oyime is primarily found in: Edo, where 21 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 17 percent live and Ondo, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 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 Oyime
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