Olafisoye Surname

186,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olafisoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olafisoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,2141:80,0105,668
England391:1,428,66862,556
United States131:27,881,456736,413
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Olafisoye (205) may also be a first name.

Olafisoye Last Name Facts

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

Olafisoye is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Olafisoye.

How Common Is The Last Name Olafisoye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 186,108th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,201,909 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Olafisoye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olafisoye is also the 632,267th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 205 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,214 people, or 1 in 80,010. In Nigeria Olafisoye is most numerous in: Ondo, where 58 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Osun, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Olafisoye Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Olafisoye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.51% more than the national average, earning R 357,660 per year and in United States they earn 119.48% more than the national average, earning $94,703 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
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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 Olafisoye
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