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
Oyeleye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyeleye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oyeleye is the 40,003rd most widely held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 555,538 people. The last name Oyeleye is predominantly found 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 widely held forename in the world, borne by 1,136 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12,777 people, or 1 in 13,864. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 27 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Osun, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 21 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Oyeleye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Oyeleye last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political 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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