Oyetola Surname

88,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,444 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyetola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oyetola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,1871:34,1512,804
Benin2081:49,6906,272
England201:2,785,90397,972
Ivory Coast141:1,647,94532,915
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Belize11:355,4743,977
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Oyetola (1,162) may also be a first name.

Oyetola Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oyetola occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyetola? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 88,252nd most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,338,638 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyetola reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 233,099th most common given name on earth, held by 1,162 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,187 people, or 1 in 34,151. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Osun, where 24 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Oyo, where 20 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Oyetola
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