Oladosu Surname

18,245th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oladosu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oladosu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria29,9841:5,908733
England991:562,80934,447
United States961:3,775,614208,022
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Ireland141:336,35312,021
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Iceland51:76,0184,442
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahamas11:391,7512,737

Oladosu (2,562) may also be a first name.

Oladosu Last Name Facts

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

Oladosu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oladosu.

How Common Is The Last Name Oladosu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oladosu is the 18,245th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 241,006 people. The last name Oladosu is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oladosu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 145,495th most frequently used given name on earth, held by 2,562 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 29,984 people, or 1 in 5,908. In Nigeria Oladosu is most numerous in: Osun, where 32 percent reside, Oyo, where 29 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Oladosu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Oladosu last name is primarily Christian (61%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Oladosu last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Oladosu earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 6.95% more than the national average, earning $46,146 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.84% more than the national average, earning $68,482 CAD 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
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  • 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 Oladosu
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