Oyelaja Surname
Approximately 709 people bear this surname
Oyelaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 660 | 1:268,398 | 15,321 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Oyelaja (40) may also be a first name.
Oyelaja Demographics
Average Oyelaja Salary in
United States
$40,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Oyelaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyelaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyelaja is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyelaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 472,684th most commonly used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,278,626 people. Oyelaja is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Oyelaja live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 40 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 660 people, or 1 in 268,398. In Nigeria Oyelaja is most frequent in: Lagos, where 43 percent reside, Ogun, where 37 percent reside and Oyo, where 10 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Oyelaja Last Name Statistics demography
Oyelaja earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.72% less than the national average, earning $40,250 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 Oyelaja
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