Olabanji Surname

62,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,008 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olabanji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olabanji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7,8801:22,4801,999
England691:807,50843,459
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Olabanji (4,839) may also be a first name.

Olabanji Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olabanji is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olabanji? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 62,658th most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,033 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olabanji live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 98,187th most numerous first name globally, borne by 4,839 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 7,880 people, or 1 in 22,480. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 26 percent live, Lagos, where 25 percent live and Kwara, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Olabanji Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Olabanji surname is chiefly Christian (84%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Olabanji surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Olabanji earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.07% more than the national average, earning $56,986 USD per year.

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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 Olabanji
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