Olakami Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Olakami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olakami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Benin121:861,30044,192
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Olakami (25) may also be a first name.

Olakami Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olakami Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Olakami is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Olakami click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olakami? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,100,440th most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Olakami are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olakami is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 25 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Olakami is most numerous in: Niger, where 33 percent live, Oyo, where 30 percent live and Ogun, where 22 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 30 percent live and China, where 3 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
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  • 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 Olakami
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