Jolaoye Surname

453,475th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 748 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Jolaoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jolaoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7441:238,09513,843
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Jolaoye (41) may also be a first name.

Jolaoye Last Name Facts

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

Jolaoye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jolaoye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jolaoye is the 453,475th most widespread family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 9,742,708 people. The last name Jolaoye is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Jolaoye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jolaoye is also the 1,590,275th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 41 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 744 people, or 1 in 238,095. In Nigeria Jolaoye is primarily found in: Osun, where 56 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Oyo, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Jolaoye occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and Poland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Joolaoye937/
Jolaaoye934/
Ojolaoye932/
Juolaoye932/
Solaoye864/
Jalaoye864/
Jolaoya861/
Jolaoyo861/
Eolaoye861/
Joloey771/
Ejioloaye755/
Yolaowe7121/
Solouye719/
Solahoy712/
Solauoy711/
Holouye711/
Holahoyi671/

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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 Jolaoye
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