'''Oyekan''' is a West African surname of Yoruba origin, which means "the next to be crowned".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlinenigeria.com/nigeriannames/ad.asp?blurb=16993|title=Oyekan|website=Online Nigeria: Nigerian Names and Meanings|accessdate=December 21, 2014}}</ref> The name may refer to: *Adeyinka Oyekan (Oyekan II) (1911–2003), Yoruba monarch *Lawson Oyekan (born 1961), British sculptor *Oyekan I (1871–1900), Yoruba monarch *Soni Oyekan (1946–2021), American chemical engineer
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{{Surname}} Category:Yoruba-language surnames