Olagunji Surname
Approximately 386 people bear this surname
Olagunji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 385 | 1:460,111 | 23,377 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Olagunji (17) may also be a first name.
Olagunji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olagunji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olagunji is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olagunji? popularity and diffusion
Olagunji is the 745,450th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,879,653 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olagunji reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 17 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 385 people, or 1 in 460,111. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Osun, where 36 percent are found, Lagos, where 17 percent are found and Oyo, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olagunjui | 94 | 4 | / |
| Olagunja | 88 | 10 | / |
| Olagunje | 88 | 6 | / |
| Olagonji | 88 | 4 | / |
| Olagunsi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Olagunjy | 88 | 1 | / |
| Elagunji | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gulagunji | 82 | 58 | / |
| Olagunjuj | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ologunja | 75 | 621 | / |
| Olagunye | 75 | 15 | / |
| Alagunje | 75 | 6 | / |
| Alaginji | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ologunje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Alagunja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Alagungi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gulagunje | 71 | 41 | / |
| Ologunija | 71 | 5 | / |
| Oulogunja | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ologunniyi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ologunye | 63 | 178 | / |
| Ologunse | 63 | 6 | / |
| Alogunja | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ologonja | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ologunge | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ologunsaya | 56 | 4 | / |
| Alogunsa | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Olagunji
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis