Oyome Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Oyome Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 133 | 1:1,331,900 | 52,479 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oyome (22) may also be a first name.
Oyome Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyome Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyome occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Oyome.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyome? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,511,557th most frequent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyome reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held given name internationally It is held by 22 people.
Oyome is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria Oyome is mostly found in: Delta, where 48 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Rivers, where 8 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Gabon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Oyome
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