Oreselu Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oreselu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oreselu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria841:2,108,84273,007
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Oreselu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oreselu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Oreselu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oreselu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Oreselu is the 2,034,059th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oreselu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Oreselu is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 74 percent live and Lagos, where 24 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Araselu712/
Arashelu676/
Arezelius633/
Arisselau631/
Erisalu574/
Arasalu574/
Arigelu573/
Arisilu573/
Arisalu571/
Arasallu534/
Horozoğlu501,073/
Argezileu501/
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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 Oreselu
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