Opeolu Surname
Approximately 506 people bear this surname
Opeolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 497 | 1:356,424 | 19,191 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
Opeolu (486) may also be a first name.
Opeolu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opeolu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Opeolu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Opeolu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 610,848th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 14,402,265 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Opeolu live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 385,570th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 486 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 497 people, or 1 in 356,424. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 51 percent live, Lagos, where 33 percent live and Oyo, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Opeolu
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