Bolanji Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Bolanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Bolanji (11) may also be a first name.
Bolanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bolanji is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolanji? popularity and diffusion
Bolanji is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Bolanji is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bolanji reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bolanji is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 11 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 35 percent live, Oyo, where 35 percent live and Ondo, where 18 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
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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 Bolanji
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