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 surname Okeleji occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Okeleji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeleji? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 767,694th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 19,642,981 people. It 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.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 367 people, or 1 in 482,678. In Nigeria Okeleji is primarily found in: Ondo, where 50 percent reside, Lagos, where 30 percent reside and Ogun, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
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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