Olafioye Surname

755,622nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 379 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olafioye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olafioye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3641:486,65624,409
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827

Olafioye (79) may also be a first name.

Olafioye Last Name Facts

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

Olafioye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olafioye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 755,622nd most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. The surname Olafioye is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Olafioye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olafioye is also the 1,083,225th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 79 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 486,656. In Nigeria Olafioye is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 34 percent live, Osun, where 27 percent live and Ondo, where 14 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Olafioye Last Name Statistics demography

Olafioye earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 68.93% less than the national average, earning $13,406 USD 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
  • 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 Olafioye
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