Oyewale Surname
Approximately 15,828 people bear this surname
Oyewale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15,638 | 1:11,328 | 1,181 |
| England | 72 | 1:773,862 | 42,299 |
| United States | 66 | 1:5,491,802 | 273,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Oyéwale (1) are calculated separately.
Oyewale (3,555) may also be a first name.
Oyewale Demographics
Average Oyewale Salary in
United States
$36,523 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Oyewale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyewale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyewale has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms: Oyéwale. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyewale? popularity and diffusion
It is the 33,545th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 460,421 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyewale reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyewale is also the 118,842nd most widely held given name worldwide, held by 3,555 people.
The surname Oyewale is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15,638 people, or 1 in 11,328. In Nigeria Oyewale is mostly found in: Osun, where 30 percent reside, Oyo, where 28 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 22 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Oyewale Last Name Statistics demography
Oyewale earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.36% less than the national average, earning $36,523 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 Oyewale
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