Okeleji Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Okeleji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 367 | 1:482,678 | 24,238 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okeleji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeleji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okeleji is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeleji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 767,694th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okeleji live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 482,678. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 50 percent live, Lagos, where 30 percent live and Ogun, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Okeleji exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ookeleji | 93 | 3 | / |
| Okelesi | 86 | 13 | / |
| Okelegi | 86 | 6 | / |
| Okeleyi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Okelezi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ockeleij | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okelue | 77 | 1,405 | / |
| Okeley | 77 | 143 | / |
| Okelai | 77 | 57 | / |
| Okelie | 77 | 36 | / |
| Okeloi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okelye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okelea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okeleye | 71 | 3,084 | / |
| Hokelai | 71 | 199 | / |
| Okeloye | 71 | 21 | / |
| Okelaja | 71 | 7 | / |
| Akeleyi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okeleze | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okeliye | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okeeley | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okelege | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okelajo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okileje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okelese | 71 | 2 | / |
| Adkelei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okeloie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okelaue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ockeley | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okelayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okeleya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gokeley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hokeley | 71 | 0 | / |
| O'Keeley | 67 | 4 | / |
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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 Okeleji
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