Oyewuwo Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyewuwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oyewuwo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1511:1,173,13147,714
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Oyewuwo (20) may also be a first name.

Oyewuwo Last Name Facts

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

Oyewuwo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oyewuwo.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyewuwo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Oyewuwo is the 1,364,059th most frequent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Oyewuwo are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 20 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 151 people, or 1 in 1,173,131. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 44 percent reside, Oyo, where 25 percent reside and Ogun, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Oyewuwo Last Name Statistics demography

Oyewuwo earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 282.4% more than the national average, earning $165,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyawuwo865/
Oyewuwa861/
Oyeweuwa801/
Ayewubo71493/
Oyebubo711/
Aywubo621/
Oyawowo5711/
Ejiwuwa571/
Oyabuwa571/
Oyabuwha531/
Ayeboubo531/
Oiwhowho531/

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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 Oyewuwo
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