Oyesina Surname

597,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 521 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyesina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oyesina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5141:344,63618,677
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Oyesina (129) may also be a first name.

Oyesina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oyesina is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Oyesina.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyesina? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 597,433rd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. Oyesina is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyesina live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 818,356th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 129 people.

The surname Oyesina is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 514 people, or 1 in 344,636. In Nigeria Oyesina is mostly found in: Oyo, where 41 percent are found, Osun, where 25 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Oyesina
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