Olaija Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Olaija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Olaija (7) may also be a first name.
Olaija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olaija has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaija? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olaija is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Olaija occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Olaija reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,548,448th most numerous first name globally, borne by 7 people.
The last name Olaija is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Olaija is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Olaija exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Colombia, where 20 percent live and The Philippines, where 20 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 Olaija
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