Okesola Surname

129,316th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okesola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okesola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,3811:52,3944,007
United States541:6,712,202314,667
England521:1,071,50151,923
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Okesola (160) may also be a first name.

Okesola Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okesola is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Okesola? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 129,316th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,082,156 people. The last name Okesola is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Okesola are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okesola is also the 725,185th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 160 people.

Okesola is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,381 people, or 1 in 52,394. In Nigeria Okesola is primarily found in: Oyo, where 32 percent reside, Ogun, where 28 percent reside and Lagos, where 24 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Okesola Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Okesola earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 182.04% more than the national average, earning R 670,236 per year and in United States they earn 15.81% less than the national average, earning $36,329 USD per year.

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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 Okesola
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