Oyelakin Surname

50,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyelakin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oyelakin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9,9861:17,7391,678
England641:870,59545,570
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Gambia41:480,863548
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Oyelakin (693) may also be a first name.

Oyelakin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oyelakin occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Oyelakin.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyelakin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 50,713th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 720,612 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyelakin reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyelakin is also the 314,062nd most commonly used given name globally It is held by 693 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 9,986 people, or 1 in 17,739. In Nigeria Oyelakin is most frequent in: Oyo, where 40 percent live, Osun, where 27 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Oyelakin Last Name Statistics demography

Oyelakin earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.27% more than the national average, earning $50,600 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 Oyelakin
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