Oyelewu Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Oyelewu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Oyelewu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyelewu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyelewu is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyelewu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,635,433rd most widely held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Oyelewu live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 83 percent are found, Zamfara, where 10 percent are found and Ogun, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 6 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
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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 Oyelewu
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