Timoye Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Timoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Timoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Timoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Timoye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Timoye? popularity and diffusion
Timoye is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Timoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Timoye are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 67 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Bayelsa, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Timoye is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 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
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- 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 Timoye
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