Oyona Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Oyona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 71 | 1:70,269 | 6,097 |
| Benin | 31 | 1:333,407 | 26,304 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Oyona (12) may also be a first name.
Oyona Demographics
Oyona Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oyona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyona is most common in The Congo. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyona? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,478,479th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyona are found; 53 percent are found in Central Africa and 53 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name world-wide, held by 12 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The Congo, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 70,269. In The Congo it is most frequent in: Brazzaville Department, where 97 percent reside, Likouala Department, where 1 percent reside and Pool Department, where 1 percent reside. Outside of The Congo this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 22 percent reside and Uganda, where 17 percent reside.
Oyona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Oyona
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