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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omoyelu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,088,856th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Omoyelu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omoyelu is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 21 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 790,816. In Nigeria Omoyelu is most common in: Ekiti, where 59 percent are found, Lagos, where 25 percent are found and Osun, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found.
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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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