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 surname Opeolu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Opeolu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Opeolu is the 610,848th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,402,265 people. Opeolu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Opeolu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Opeolu is also the 385,570th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 486 people.
The surname Opeolu is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 497 people, or 1 in 356,424. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 51 percent reside, Lagos, where 33 percent reside and Oyo, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Opeolu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, 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
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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 Opeolu
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