Oyirifi Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Oyirifi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Oyirifi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyirifi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyirifi is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyirifi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oyirifi is the 919,444th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oyirifi live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Not including Ghana this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Oyirifi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis