Owoyele Surname
Approximately 4,940 people bear this surname
Owoyele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,849 | 1:36,532 | 2,953 |
| Benin | 44 | 1:234,900 | 21,145 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Owoyele (187) may also be a first name.
Owoyele Demographics
Average Owoyele Salary in
United States
$32,771 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Owoyele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoyele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owoyele is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Owoyele.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoyele? popularity and diffusion
Owoyele is the 96,313th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,475,212 people. Owoyele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owoyele reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owoyele is also the 665,130th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 187 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,849 people, or 1 in 36,532. In Nigeria Owoyele is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Ogun, where 24 percent are found and Ondo, where 19 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Owoyele Last Name Statistics demography
Owoyele earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.05% less than the national average, earning $32,771 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owoyeele | 93 | 5 | / |
| Owooyele | 93 | 5 | / |
| Owoyle | 92 | 4 | / |
| Awoyele | 86 | 1,316 | / |
| Owoyale | 86 | 1,190 | / |
| Owoyela | 86 | 7 | / |
| Owowele | 86 | 6 | / |
| Owoyeli | 86 | 3 | / |
| Oweyele | 86 | 2 | / |
| Owuyele | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owoylea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aawoyele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oboyle | 77 | 3,469 | / |
| Owoile | 77 | 18 | / |
| Owiele | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oweele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awyele | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awoyale | 71 | 2,571 | / |
| Obayele | 71 | 201 | / |
| Obiyele | 71 | 43 | / |
| Owuyile | 71 | 21 | / |
| Obeyele | 71 | 18 | / |
| Howouel | 71 | 17 | / |
| Awiyele | 71 | 10 | / |
| Howoule | 71 | 8 | / |
| Awouele | 71 | 6 | / |
| Owojole | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owoyali | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owoyala | 71 | 2 | / |
| Obowele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awoyole | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owojela | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oweiley | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aboyele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oweiler | 71 | 0 | / |
| Owale | 67 | 880 | / |
| Osweiler | 67 | 522 | / |
| Owile | 67 | 70 | / |
| Howeiler | 67 | 37 | / |
| Ohweiler | 67 | 9 | / |
| Awoyiole | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ahwoyale | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oweal | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oßweiler | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oubeyele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Howawele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oweil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awouelie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aawoyale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oboyl | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Owoyele
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis