Okedele Surname

253,048th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okedele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okedele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5351:115,4027,649
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
England41:13,929,515290,718
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Okedele (25) may also be a first name.

Okedele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okedele is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Okedele click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okedele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okedele is the 253,048th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,662,537 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okedele live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okedele is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 25 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,535 people, or 1 in 115,402. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 44 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Osun, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Benin, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okodele8627/
Okidele8624/
Akedele865/
Okedeli861/
Okedale861/
Akidele71723/
Ekodele7121/
Acodele717/
Okodile715/
Ekedile715/
Akadele715/
Akodele712/
Okideli711/
Akadiele673/
Okeudili671/
Akidaele671/
Ochidele671/

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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 Okedele
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