Olafare Surname
Approximately 2,519 people bear this surname
Olafare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,487 | 1:71,227 | 5,133 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olafare (65) may also be a first name.
Olafare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olafare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olafare occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olafare? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 171,018th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,893,031 people. The last name Olafare occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olafare are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 65 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,487 people, or 1 in 71,227. In Nigeria Olafare is primarily found in: Osun, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Oyo, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olafar | 92 | 1 | / |
| Olafere | 86 | 32 | / |
| Olafari | 86 | 24 | / |
| Olafara | 86 | 11 | / |
| Alafare | 86 | 3 | / |
| Olafore | 86 | 3 | / |
| Olaifar | 86 | 3 | / |
| Olafire | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gulafare | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alafar | 77 | 46 | / |
| Olofar | 77 | 4 | / |
| Olafor | 77 | 4 | / |
| Algafarey | 75 | 1 | / |
| Alasfar | 71 | 905 | / |
| Alafari | 71 | 280 | / |
| Galafar | 71 | 76 | / |
| Alafara | 71 | 55 | / |
| Olefere | 71 | 16 | / |
| Oleafor | 71 | 8 | / |
| Alafaireet | 71 | 7 | / |
| Algafar | 71 | 7 | / |
| Alafere | 71 | 7 | / |
| Alhafar | 71 | 7 | / |
| Olefore | 71 | 6 | / |
| Olofere | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aliafar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alaifar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alyafar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elefare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elafari | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alafary | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aalafar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olhafor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elafary | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alhaffar | 67 | 663 | / |
| Algafari | 67 | 262 | / |
| Algafary | 67 | 163 | / |
| Algaffar | 67 | 131 | / |
| Alafarid | 67 | 46 | / |
| Aliaifar | 67 | 13 | / |
| Alassfar | 67 | 10 | / |
| Allgafar | 67 | 5 | / |
| Alasfari | 67 | 4 | / |
| Alyafari | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alaffari | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alaforge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Elaffari | 67 | 2 | / |
| Allafard | 67 | 2 | / |
| Allahfar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eliafary | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elhafari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olachfor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olaforii | 67 | 1 | / |
| Allasfar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Algafaar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alafairi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elajfari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Galafarh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olofiere | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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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 Olafare
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