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 surname Oyota is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oyota.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyota? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 770,644th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyota reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyota is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 20 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 316 people, or 1 in 560,578. In Nigeria Oyota is most common in: Ebonyi, where 90 percent live, Kwara, where 3 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria Oyota occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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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