Oyoye Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Oyoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oyoye Demographics
Oyoye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Oyoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyoye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyoye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Oyoye live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Oyoye is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 73 percent reside, Oyo, where 12 percent reside and Rivers, where 12 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 3 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.
Oyoye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally 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
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