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 last name Oyelabi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyelabi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 489,550th most widely held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyelabi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 33 people.

Oyelabi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 675 people, or 1 in 262,434. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 51 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Ogun, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Oyelabi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Oyelabi last name is chiefly 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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