Oyoye Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Congo

Oyoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oyoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oyoye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oyoye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyoye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Oyoye live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Oyoye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Oyoye is most frequent in: Lagos, where 73 percent reside, Oyo, where 12 percent reside and Rivers, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 3 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.

Oyoye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Oyoye surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

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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 Oyoye
  • 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