Okolaba Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Okolaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Okolaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Okolaba Last Name Facts

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

Okolaba is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Okolaba.

How Common Is The Last Name Okolaba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Okolaba is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okolaba reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 50 percent live, Lagos, where 33 percent live and Bayelsa, where 17 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 14 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 Okolaba
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