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 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.

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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