Olafe Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Olafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Olafe (61) may also be a first name.
Olafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olafe occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olafe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Olafe is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Olafe reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olafe is also the 1,257,960th most widespread forename world-wide. It is borne by 61 people.
The last name Olafe is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Olafe is most common in: Ekiti, where 50 percent are found, Ogun, where 21 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 16 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Olafe
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