Omoyelu Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omoyelu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omoyelu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2241:790,81635,405
England21:27,859,030389,889

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.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oomoyelu933/
Omowelu866/
Omiyelu861/
Omoyolu861/
Omoilu771/
Amoelu771/
Amayelu711/
Omojolu711/
Omoulou711/
Oumoulou671/
Gomoulou671/

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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 Omoyelu
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