Oyedeji Surname
Approximately 23,432 people bear this surname
Oyedeji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23,026 | 1:7,693 | 888 |
| England | 181 | 1:307,835 | 23,246 |
| United States | 158 | 1:2,294,044 | 142,811 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Oyedeji (2,052) may also be a first name.
Oyedeji Demographics
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Oyedeji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyedeji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyedeji has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyedeji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 23,135th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 311,008 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oyedeji are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyedeji is also the 166,491st most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 2,052 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 23,026 people, or 1 in 7,693. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 27 percent are found, Oyo, where 25 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Oyedeji occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Oyedeji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Oyedeji surname is primarily Christian (78%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Oyedeji last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Oyedeji earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.83% less than the national average, earning $36,748 USD per year.
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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 Oyedeji
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