Oyira Surname
Approximately 1,142 people bear this surname
Oyira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,029 | 1:172,150 | 10,649 |
| Uganda | 112 | 1:348,565 | 22,932 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Oyira (371) may also be a first name.
Oyira Demographics
Oyira Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Oyira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyira is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oyira is the 325,707th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,381,389 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyira live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyira is also the 450,877th most prevalent given name at a global level, borne by 371 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,029 people, or 1 in 172,150. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 82 percent reside, Lagos, where 8 percent reside and Enugu, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 10 percent reside and Kenya, where 0 percent reside.
Oyira Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Traditional African (55%) in Nigeria.
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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 Oyira
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