Okekunle Surname

314,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okekunle Surname User-submission:

Oke means 'hill', while kunle means 'full house'; as a surname is means 'full house on the hill'.

Okekunle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1671:151,7939,615
England151:3,714,537119,675
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okekunle (41) may also be a first name.

Okekunle Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Oke means 'hill', while kunle means 'full house'; as a surname is means 'full house on the hill'.

- simon70

Okekunle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okekunle is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okekunle? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 314,479th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,103,472 people. The surname Okekunle occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Okekunle reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okekunle is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 41 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,167 people, or 1 in 151,793. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 49 percent live, Lagos, where 26 percent live and Ogun, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

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