Olafa Surname
Approximately 716 people bear this surname
Olafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 653 | 1:15,828 | 2,136 |
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Olafa (77) may also be a first name.
Olafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olafa is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olafa is the 469,321st most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 10,178,137 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Olafa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 77 people.
This last name is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 653 people, or 1 in 15,828. In Benin it is most numerous in: Plateau Department, where 52 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 24 percent live and Littoral Department, where 20 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 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 Olafa
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