Woyike Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Woyike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 108 | 1:1,640,211 | 60,875 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Woyike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Woyike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Woyike occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Woyike? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,746,159th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. Woyike is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Woyike live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 1,640,211. In Nigeria Woyike is most numerous in: Rivers, where 94 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Enugu, where 1 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 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 Woyike
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