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 last name Fayele occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fayele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fayele? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,202,518th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 37,181,357 people. The last name Fayele is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fayele live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fayele is also the 2,368,944th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 21 people.
The last name Fayele is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 193 people, or 1 in 917,838. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Osun, where 58 percent reside, Oyo, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 1 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 Fayele
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