Oyekan Surname
Approximately 8,031 people bear this surname
Oyekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7,088 | 1:24,992 | 2,179 |
| Benin | 613 | 1:16,861 | 2,276 |
| England | 209 | 1:266,594 | 21,098 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Oyekan (412) may also be a first name.
Oyekan Demographics
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Oyekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyekan (Russian: Ойекан) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyekan? popularity and diffusion
Oyekan is the 62,496th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 907,427 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oyekan are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 423,803rd most common forename internationally. It is borne by 412 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 7,088 people, or 1 in 24,992. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 28 percent are found, Lagos, where 27 percent are found and Ogun, where 22 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Oyekan Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Oyekan are 31.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 84.62% registered with the political party.
The amount Oyekan earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 4.22% more than the national average, earning $44,969 USD per year and in Canada they earn 53.78% less than the national average, earning $22,962 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oyekan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oyekan in the Russian language | ||
| Ойекан | ojekan | - |
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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 Oyekan
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