Okeyale Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Okeyale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 276 | 1:641,822 | 30,209 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
Okeyale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okeyale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okeyale occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okeyale? popularity and diffusion
Okeyale is the 924,083rd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Okeyale are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 276 people, or 1 in 641,822. In Nigeria Okeyale is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 46 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Ogun, where 19 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Okeyale
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