Oyelekan Surname
Approximately 2,174 people bear this surname
Oyelekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,919 | 1:92,310 | 6,392 |
| Benin | 232 | 1:44,550 | 5,686 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Oyelekan (424) may also be a first name.
Oyelekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyelekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyelekan is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyelekan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 193,471st most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,352,137 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyelekan reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyelekan is also the 417,166th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 424 people.
The last name Oyelekan is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,919 people, or 1 in 92,310. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 30 percent are found, Osun, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 11 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oyeleikan | 94 | 3 | / |
| Oyeleskan | 94 | 1 | / |
| Oyelekaun | 94 | 1 | / |
| Oyeleekan | 94 | 1 | / |
| Oelekan | 93 | 6 | / |
| Oylekan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Oyelekaine | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oyelakan | 88 | 68 | / |
| Ojelekan | 88 | 26 | / |
| Oyalekan | 88 | 10 | / |
| Ayelekan | 88 | 6 | / |
| Oyelekon | 88 | 5 | / |
| Oyilekan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Oyelokan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ojelakan | 75 | 8 | / |
| Ayolekan | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ajelekan | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ayilekan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ojolekan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oyelekom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ouelekon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Houelekon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ealekhaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eelikan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ealakan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oilikan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oulakan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Oyelekan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis