Oyalana Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Oyalana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 178 | 1:995,184 | 42,110 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Oyalana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyalana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyalana is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyalana? popularity and diffusion
Oyalana is the 1,276,805th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 40,712,547 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyalana live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 995,184. In Nigeria Oyalana is most common in: Plateau, where 31 percent reside, Osun, where 29 percent reside and Oyo, where 19 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, 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
- 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 Oyalana
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