Oyota Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Oyota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 316 | 1:560,578 | 27,255 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Oyota (20) may also be a first name.
Oyota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyota occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyota? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 770,644th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. The surname Oyota occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyota live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyota is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name globally, held by 20 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 316 people, or 1 in 560,578. In Nigeria Oyota is primarily concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 90 percent reside, Kwara, where 3 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 14 percent reside and Kenya, 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 Oyota
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