Oyeleye Surname
Approximately 13,118 people bear this surname
Oyeleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12,777 | 1:13,864 | 1,400 |
| England | 168 | 1:331,655 | 24,447 |
| United States | 106 | 1:3,419,424 | 193,489 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Oyeleye (1,136) may also be a first name.
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Oyeleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyeleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyeleye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Oyeleye.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyeleye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oyeleye is the 40,003rd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 555,538 people. The surname Oyeleye occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oyeleye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 236,188th most common first name world-wide It is held by 1,136 people.
The last name Oyeleye is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 12,777 people, or 1 in 13,864. In Nigeria it is most common in: Oyo, where 27 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Osun, where 17 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Oyeleye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Oyeleye last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Oyeleye earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 31.89% more than the national average, earning $56,910 USD 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 Oyeleye
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