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

The surname Olafisoye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olafisoye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 186,108th most frequently held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 3,201,909 people. The last name Olafisoye is predominantly found 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 common forename internationally It is held by 205 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,214 people, or 1 in 80,010. In Nigeria Olafisoye is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 58 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Osun, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Olafisoye exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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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