Obiyele Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Obiyele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Obiyele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obiyele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Obiyele is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Obiyele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,979,664th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Obiyele reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 48 percent are found, Oyo, where 24 percent are found and Lagos, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Obiyele
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