Okelanwo Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Okelanwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 155 | 1:1,142,857 | 46,821 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okelanwo (40) may also be a first name.
Okelanwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okelanwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okelanwo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okelanwo? popularity and diffusion
Okelanwo is the 1,398,030th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okelanwo are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 40 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 1,142,857. In Nigeria Okelanwo is most prevalent in: Edo, where 68 percent live, Lagos, where 7 percent live and Oyo, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Okelanwo
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