Awopejo Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awopejo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awopejo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1331:1,331,90052,479
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Awopejo (10) may also be a first name.

Awopejo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awopejo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awopejo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,511,557th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Awopejo are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awopejo is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 10 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 1,331,900. In Nigeria Awopejo is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 24 percent reside, Ogun, where 20 percent reside and Oyo, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 1 percent reside and Poland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awopajo862/
Awopejy861/
Awopeu775/
Awopeyu712/
Awoupye711/
Awhopuye6711/
Awapue621/
Awapuye5711/
Owopaje571/
Awopuya571/
Awhapuye5317/
Awhaphye531/

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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 Awopejo
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