Okeleye Surname
Approximately 3,084 people bear this surname
Okeleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,007 | 1:58,910 | 4,414 |
| Benin | 36 | 1:287,100 | 24,014 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Okeleye (89) may also be a first name.
Okeleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okeleye is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeleye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okeleye is the 144,116th most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 2,363,017 people. The last name Okeleye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Okeleye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okeleye is also the 1,011,231st most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 89 people.
Okeleye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,007 people, or 1 in 58,910. In Nigeria Okeleye is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 38 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Ogun, where 17 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okeleyae | 93 | 4 | / |
| Okeleyey | 93 | 3 | / |
| Okeley | 92 | 143 | / |
| Okelye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Okeleyahe | 88 | 1 | / |
| Akeleye | 86 | 24 | / |
| Okeloye | 86 | 21 | / |
| Okoleye | 86 | 5 | / |
| Okeleyi | 86 | 5 | / |
| Okeliye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Okeeley | 86 | 4 | / |
| Okaleye | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okileye | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ockeley | 86 | 1 | / |
| Okeleya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekeleye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hokeley | 86 | 0 | / |
| Gokeley | 86 | 0 | / |
| O'Keeley | 80 | 4 | / |
| Okelue | 77 | 1,405 | / |
| Akeley | 77 | 313 | / |
| Okelie | 77 | 36 | / |
| Okaley | 77 | 13 | / |
| Akelye | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okelea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okeleji | 71 | 371 | / |
| Okailey | 71 | 281 | / |
| Akileye | 71 | 112 | / |
| Okoloye | 71 | 81 | / |
| Ukeiley | 71 | 25 | / |
| Uckeley | 71 | 7 | / |
| Okelayo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Akeleyi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okoleje | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ekeleya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okileje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akeleya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okeloie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okelaue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okolaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akaleye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okelayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ukeloye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okelaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekelaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hokelay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ackeley | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hakesley | 67 | 143 | / |
| Heckeley | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ookeleji | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akelawey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaukeley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ockeleij | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akeleyoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ackeiley | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houkaley | 67 | 0 | / |
| Huckeley | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hakeyley | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Okeleye
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