Oladekan Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Oladekan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Oladekan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1331:77,7119,241
Nigeria771:2,300,55577,632

Oladekan (150) may also be a first name.

Oladekan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oladekan is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oladekan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,144,405th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oladekan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oladekan is also the 752,187th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 150 people.

The last name Oladekan is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 77,711. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 99 percent live and Zou Department, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Benin it is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 37 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oladikan8813/
Oladokan889/
Aladekan886/
Oladokaun823/
Oladokon755/
Aladakan751/
Alladakan71235/
Oladokuon713/
Aladeskoun672/
Aladdakhan671/
Alodekon638/
Alladacan593/
Allodekon591/
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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 Oladekan
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