Oyinka Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Oyinka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oyinka (37) may also be a first name.
Oyinka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyinka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyinka occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyinka? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 783,439th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyinka reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 37 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Other than Ghana this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Colombia, where 0 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 Oyinka
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