Alaoye Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Alaoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 56 | 1:3,163,264 | 96,723 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
Alaoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alaoye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Alaoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaoye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,460,878th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Alaoye reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Alaoye is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria Alaoye is most prevalent in: Osun, where 21 percent reside, Kwara, where 18 percent reside and Ekiti, where 16 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Alaoye
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