Oyepeju Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyepeju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oyepeju Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3981:445,08222,799
England141:3,979,861125,553
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oyepeju (1,242) may also be a first name.

Oyepeju Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oyepeju Come From? nationality or country of origin

Oyepeju is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyepeju? popularity and diffusion

It is the 708,658th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 17,602,768 people. The last name Oyepeju is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oyepeju are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyepeju is also the 224,199th most frequent forename on earth, held by 1,242 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 398 people, or 1 in 445,082. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 53 percent live, Osun, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ojepeju8683/
Oyepoju8618/
Oyopeju867/
Ayepoju7118/
Awepeju713/
Ayopeju712/
Aepoju6212/
Ajepoju573/
Goupeyou5333/
Ipeyu501/

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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 Oyepeju
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