Olaju Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Olaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Olaju (17) may also be a first name.
Olaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olaju is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaju? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olaju is the 1,511,557th most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olaju live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olaju is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria Olaju is primarily found in: Benue, where 61 percent are found, Ogun, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, 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 Olaju
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