Oyonghe Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyonghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oyonghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Oyonghe (49) may also be a first name.

Oyonghe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oyonghe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Oyonghe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyonghe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyonghe reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyonghe is also the 1,430,306th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 49 people.

The last name Oyonghe is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Oyonghe is most frequent in: Cross River, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yonghe9215/
Ayonghe86150/
Yoghe832/
Oynge831/
Yinghe777/
Hoyghe771/
Yoge73651/
Oyge738/
Ynge734/
Ayonghi715/
Yingheh714/
Yogie67218/
Aynge6754/
Yinge6748/
Jynge6744/
Inghe6735/
Yogih6720/
Enghe6715/
Yoghi6714/
Oinge6712/
Hynge678/
Yogej673/
Hoyge672/
Oygeh672/
Yngge672/
Yoyoe671/
Yogey671/
Yighe671/
Goyge671/
Eynge670/
Oyger670/

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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 Oyonghe
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis