Okpeseyi Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Okpeseyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okpeseyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1131:1,567,63558,980
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Okpeseyi (23) may also be a first name.

Okpeseyi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Okpeseyi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Okpeseyi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,551,568th most numerous family name globally It is held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Okpeseyi is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Okpeseyi reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okpeseyi is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 23 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 1,567,635. In Nigeria it is most common in: Edo, where 78 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Ireland, where 2 percent live.

Okpeseyi Last Name Statistics demography

Okpeseyi earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 64.95% less than the national average, earning $15,125 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
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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 Okpeseyi
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