Olafu Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Olafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Olafu (56) may also be a first name.
Olafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olafu is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Olafu.
How Common Is The Last Name Olafu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Olafu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olafu are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 56 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Olafu is primarily found in: Kogi, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 33 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.
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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 Olafu
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