Oyele Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Oyele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| Congo | 70 | 1:71,273 | 6,207 |
| Uganda | 64 | 1:609,989 | 32,257 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Oyele (39) may also be a first name.
Oyele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyele is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyele? popularity and diffusion
Oyele is the 855,216th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oyele live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyele is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 39 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 47 percent live, Ondo, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Oyele exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 22 percent live and Uganda, where 20 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Oyele
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