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 surname Oyelewu occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyelewu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,635,433rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 134,954,554 people. Oyelewu is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Oyelewu are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria Oyelewu is most common in: Lagos, where 83 percent live, Zamfara, where 10 percent live and Ogun, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 6 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
- 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 Oyelewu
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