Oyiwona Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Oyiwona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Oyiwona (58) may also be a first name.
Oyiwona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyiwona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyiwona is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyiwona? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,736,881st most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Oyiwona live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 58 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria Oyiwona is mostly found in: Benue, where 74 percent are found, Ekiti, where 6 percent are found and Osun, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oiwona | 92 | 15 | / |
| Oyibona | 86 | 16 | / |
| Oiwwona | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oyewona | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oyiboina | 80 | 20 | / |
| Ayiwonga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eiwona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oibona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oyebona | 71 | 31 | / |
| Oyibana | 71 | 19 | / |
| Goiwone | 71 | 14 | / |
| Oiboina | 71 | 12 | / |
| Oyawuna | 71 | 10 | / |
| Iyowona | 71 | 8 | / |
| Oyawena | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oyewone | 71 | 3 | / |
| Yewoina | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ayiwono | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oyewuna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oyiwane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gouwona | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ayibona | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goywana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oyaboyna | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ayauwona | 67 | 3 | / |
| Yoyhwana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyewouni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyiwanne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyibouno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iyowonah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oieboina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyeboina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyaboina | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Oyiwona
- 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