Olaiye Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Olaiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 167 | 1:1,060,735 | 44,297 |
| Papua New Guinea | 94 | 1:86,742 | 11,495 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Olaiye (56) may also be a first name.
Olaiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olaiye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olaiye is the 978,274th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name Olaiye is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Olaiye live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most numerous first name in the world, held by 56 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 1,060,735. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 22 percent live, Ekiti, where 19 percent live and Osun, where 13 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Olaiye
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