Oyesowo Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Oyesowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oyesowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyesowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyesowo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyesowo? popularity and diffusion
Oyesowo is the 1,649,806th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyesowo are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Osun, where 42 percent are found, Kwara, where 33 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Oyesowo
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