Okedoye Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okedoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okedoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria901:1,968,25369,534
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okedoye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okedoye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okedoye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,943,350th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Okedoye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Okedoye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Osun, where 69 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Oyo, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okedeye8626/
Okadoye861/
Okedoyi861/
Okedoi7784/
Okedie7715/
Okedei774/
Okodoy771/
Okedoa771/
Okedae771/
Okedeyi71757/
Okedeji71653/
Okediya71422/
Okedayo71143/
Akodoye7191/
Ekedaye7133/
Okodiye7116/
Okedoja7113/
Hokedei716/
Okodeye715/
Okedeje714/
Okeydou711/
Okedije711/
Okhedae711/
Oikedei711/
Okadaye711/
Hokedey711/
Hockadoy673/
Oskedeji673/
Okaedeji673/
Okedejie672/
Okiedeyi671/
Okeydeyi671/
Hockeday671/

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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
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  • 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 Okedoye
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