Fayele Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Fayele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Fayele (21) may also be a first name.
Fayele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fayele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fayele is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fayele? popularity and diffusion
Fayele is the 1,202,518th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fayele reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 21 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 917,838. In Nigeria Fayele is most frequent in: Osun, where 58 percent live, Oyo, where 12 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and Ethiopia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Fayele
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis