Oyelabi Surname

489,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyelabi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oyelabi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6751:262,43415,045
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oyelabi (33) may also be a first name.

Oyelabi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oyelabi occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyelabi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 489,550th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,764,470 people. The surname Oyelabi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyelabi live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most widespread forename globally, held by 33 people.

The surname Oyelabi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 675 people, or 1 in 262,434. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 51 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Ogun, where 7 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Oyelabi is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Oyelabi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Oyelabi last name is predominantly Christian (97%) in Nigeria.

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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 Oyelabi
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