Oyelere Surname
Approximately 3,037 people bear this surname
Oyelere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,009 | 1:58,871 | 4,411 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Oyelere (395) may also be a first name.
Oyelere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyelere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyelere is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyelere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 146,068th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,399,587 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyelere live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 434,832nd most commonly used first name on earth, held by 395 people.
The surname Oyelere is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,009 people, or 1 in 58,871. In Nigeria Oyelere is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 44 percent are found, Osun, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Oyelere exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Oyelere
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