Okedele Surname
Approximately 1,563 people bear this surname
Okedele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,535 | 1:115,402 | 7,649 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
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 surname Okedele is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okedele? popularity and diffusion
Okedele is the 253,048th most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,662,537 people. The surname Okedele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okedele reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name Okedele is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,535 people, or 1 in 115,402. In Nigeria Okedele is most common in: Oyo, where 44 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Osun, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Okedele is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Benin, where 0 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 Okedele
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