Woye Surname
Approximately 472 people bear this surname
Woye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 289 | 1:612,951 | 29,166 |
| Germany | 51 | 1:1,578,538 | 93,812 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Woye (931) may also be a first name.
Woye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﻳﻪ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 642,991st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 15,439,716 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Woye reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Woye is also the 265,066th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 931 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 612,951. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 29 percent reside, Osun, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 11 percent reside and Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Woye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Woye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Woye last name rose 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Woye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Woye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﻳﻪ | wyh | 50 |
| ﻭﻱ | wy | 50 |
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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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- 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 Woye
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