Alayode Surname
Approximately 646 people bear this surname
Alayode Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 633 | 1:279,846 | 15,817 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alayode (158) may also be a first name.
Alayode Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alayode Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alayode is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alayode? popularity and diffusion
It is the 507,320th most prevalent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 11,281,031 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Alayode are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alayode is also the 730,165th most prevalent forename globally, borne by 158 people.
The last name Alayode is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 633 people, or 1 in 279,846. In Nigeria Alayode is most numerous in: Lagos, where 22 percent reside, Osun, where 22 percent reside and Ogun, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Alayode
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