Oyewole Surname
Approximately 73,828 people bear this surname
Oyewole Surname User-submission:
The Oyewole surname means 'royalty has come in' (to the house).
Oyewole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 72,673 | 1:2,438 | 319 |
| England | 500 | 1:111,436 | 11,498 |
| United States | 325 | 1:1,115,258 | 80,547 |
| Benin | 143 | 1:72,277 | 8,697 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| Ireland | 31 | 1:151,901 | 6,891 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Oyewole (9,485) may also be a first name.
Oyewole Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Oyewole surname means 'royalty has come in' (to the house).
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Oyewole Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Oyewole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyewole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oyewole is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyewole? popularity and diffusion
Oyewole is the 7,683rd most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 98,710 people. The surname Oyewole occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oyewole reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 63,476th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 9,485 people.
Oyewole is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 72,673 people, or 1 in 2,438. In Nigeria Oyewole is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 22 percent live, Oyo, where 20 percent live and Osun, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 34 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Oyewole Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Muslim (56%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Oyewole are 37.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 91.18% registered with the political party.
The amount Oyewole earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 122.99% more than the national average, earning R 529,908 per year; in United States they earn 18.6% more than the national average, earning $51,176 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.47% less than the national average, earning $40,012 CAD per year.
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