Omoleye Surname
Approximately 4,988 people bear this surname
Omoleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,968 | 1:35,657 | 2,894 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omoleye (2,467) may also be a first name.
Omoleye Demographics
Omoleye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Omoleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omoleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omoleye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omoleye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 95,407th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,461,016 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omoleye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omoleye is also the 148,864th most frequently used forename world-wide, held by 2,467 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,968 people, or 1 in 35,657. In Nigeria Omoleye is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 44 percent are found, Ondo, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
Omoleye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
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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 Omoleye
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