Woyi Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Woyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Woyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
China31:455,773,85521,925
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Woyi (90) may also be a first name.

Woyi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Woyi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Woyi occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Woyi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,333,288th most frequent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Woyi reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 73 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Woyi is also the 1,005,046th most common first name worldwide It is held by 90 people.

The last name Woyi is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 600,647. Without taking into account The DR Congo it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woyie8980/
Woy861,627/
Woi861,299/
Wayi752,922/
Voyi752,330/
Woyo751,490/
Woji75896/
Weyi75895/
Woya75868/
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Wuoy751/
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Woidt67382/
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Woitt67151/
Wahyi67132/
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Wayie67111/
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Wayih6763/
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Wuhyi6715/
Woisz6714/
Hwayi6713/
Whoie6713/
Wayii6713/
Woyoh6713/
Woiah6712/
Wohia6710/
Huoyi675/
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Voyio674/
Wowie674/
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Boyhi671/
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Woeij671/
Wohio671/
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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 Woyi
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