Torye Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Torye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Torye (63) may also be a first name.
Torye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Torye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Torye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Torye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Torye are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 63 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 70 percent live, Bayelsa, where 10 percent live and Delta, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Torye exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 9 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 Torye
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