Omoyelu Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Omoyelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 224 | 1:790,816 | 35,405 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Omoyelu (21) may also be a first name.
Omoyelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omoyelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omoyelu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Omoyelu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omoyelu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,088,856th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Omoyelu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 21 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 790,816. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ekiti, where 59 percent reside, Lagos, where 25 percent reside and Osun, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 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 Omoyelu
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