Oyeyipo Surname

254,976th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,548 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oyeyipo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oyeyipo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,5241:116,2357,702
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Oyeyipo (45) may also be a first name.

Oyeyipo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oyeyipo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Oyeyipo.

How Common Is The Last Name Oyeyipo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 254,976th most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,707,717 people. The surname Oyeyipo is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oyeyipo live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyeyipo is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 45 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,524 people, or 1 in 116,235. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 40 percent are found, Kwara, where 33 percent are found and Osun, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oyeuyipo931/
Oyeyepo869/
Eyiepo7722/
Oyeepo773/
Yeyepo771/
Hoiyeepoo633/
Hoyyeepoo631/
Aiyepo628/
Ejiepo621/
Hoiyeephoo596/
Ayajepo571/
Hayeepoh5362/
Hiyeyepa531/

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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 Oyeyipo
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