Oyelese Surname
Approximately 547 people bear this surname
Oyelese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 502 | 1:352,874 | 19,032 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Oyelese (13) may also be a first name.
Oyelese Demographics
Oyelese Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Oyelese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyelese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oyelese is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Oyelese click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyelese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 575,362nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,322,753 people. Oyelese is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Oyelese live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyelese is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name in the world, held by 13 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 502 people, or 1 in 352,874. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 51 percent are found, Osun, where 27 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent are found and England, where 3 percent are found.
Oyelese Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (74%) in Nigeria.
The amount Oyelese earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 35.87% less than the national average, earning $27,672 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.95% less than the national average, earning $38,778 CAD 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 Oyelese
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