Okeleji Surname

767,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Okeleji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okeleji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3671:482,67824,238
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Okeleji Last Name Facts

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

The last name Okeleji occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okeleji? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 767,694th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. The surname Okeleji occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okeleji are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 482,678. In Nigeria Okeleji is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 50 percent live, Lagos, where 30 percent live and Ogun, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ookeleji933/
Okelesi8613/
Okelegi866/
Okeleyi865/
Okelezi861/
Ockeleij801/
Okelue771,405/
Okeley77143/
Okelai7757/
Okelie7736/
Okeloi774/
Okelye771/
Okelea771/
Okeleye713,084/
Hokelai71199/
Okeloye7121/
Okelaja717/
Akeleyi714/
Okeleze714/
Okeliye714/
Okeeley714/
Okelege713/
Okelajo712/
Okileje712/
Okelese712/
Adkelei711/
Okeloie711/
Okelaue711/
Ockeley711/
Okelayi711/
Okeleya711/
Gokeley710/
Hokeley710/
O'Keeley674/

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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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