Olajana Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Olajana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Olajana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olajana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olajana is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olajana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,255,512th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Olajana is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olajana live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria Olajana is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 56 percent are found, Lagos, where 31 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Olajana
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