Yoruba Submitted Surnames

Yoruba names are used by the Yoruba people of Nigeria.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Abimbola Yoruba
From the given name Abimbola

Adebowale Yoruba
From the given name Adebowale

Adedeji Yoruba
Means "one crown has become two" in Yoruba.

Adefope Nigerian, Western African, Yoruba
Derived from Adéfọpẹ́, meaning “the crown grants thanksgivings”.

Adegbamigbe Yoruba
From the given name Adegbamigbe.

Adegoke Yoruba
From the given name Adegoke

Adelakun Yoruba
From the given name Adelakun

Ademola Yoruba
From the given name Ademola

Adenekan Yoruba
NIGERIA

Adeoye Western African, Yoruba
From given name Adeoye

Adesanya Yoruba
Meaning "first to be born" in Yoruba.

Adesina Yoruba
From the given name Adesina

Adetokunbo Western African, Yoruba
From the given name Adetokunbo.

Adewale Yoruba
From the given name Adewale.

Adeyemi Western African, Yoruba
From the given name Adeyemi

Adisa Yoruba
From the given name Adisa

Agbaje Nigerian, Yoruba
Meaning unknown. A bearer is Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967-), an English actor and model of Yoruba Nigerian descent.

Ajao Yoruba

Àjàyí Yoruba
From the given names Àjàyí.

Akinnuoye Western African, Yoruba
Means "chief warrior" in Yoruba. A famous bearer is English actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967-).

Antetokounmpo Western African, Yoruba (Hellenized)
Hellenized form of Adetokunbo. This name is borne by the Greek-Nigerian basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994-), as well as his brothers Thanasis (1992-), Kostas (1997-) and Alex Antetokounmpo (2001-), also noted basketball players.

Baba Nigerian, Yoruba, Western African
From an honourific title used to denote a father, wise man, or an elder.

Oderasak Yoruba (Rare)
It is Yoruba mispronunciation of the the name Oscar. It was a middle name that became a last name.

Odusanya Yoruba

Ogunmolu Yoruba

Oladipo Yoruba

Olajide African, Western African, Nigerian, Yoruba

Olatunji Yoruba
"Olatunji" is a Yoruba surname and a given name meaning "Wealth awakes again".

Omoragbon Yoruba

Ọyáwálé Yoruba, Nigerian
Means "the river goddess came home" in Yoruba.

Oyekan Yoruba
Means "the next to be crowned" in Yoruba.

Popoola Yoruba
"The way of the rich man" or "The way of prosperity"

Sajuyigbe Yoruba (Americanized, Rare)
The Sajuyigbe family, with its roots in the Yoruba tribe, carries a rich and complex history. The family is believed to descend from a line of royals that held significant influence in Yorubaland around the time of the Nok culture... [more]

Sogbetun Yoruba
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Uyovbievbo Yoruba

Voeman Mapuche (Rare), Jamaican Patois (Rare), Yoruba (Modern)
Similar to Roman

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