Poroye Surname
Approximately 1,153 people bear this surname
Poroye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,142 | 1:155,116 | 9,786 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Poroye (60) may also be a first name.
Poroye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poroye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Poroye occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poroye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 323,367th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,320,508 people. The last name Poroye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Poroye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Poroye is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 60 people.
The surname Poroye is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,142 people, or 1 in 155,116. In Nigeria Poroye is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 62 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Ogun, where 11 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 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 Poroye
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