Olakan Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Olakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olakan (51) may also be a first name.
Olakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olakan (Marathi: फ़ॉलकन) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Olakan.
How Common Is The Last Name Olakan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olakan is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Olakan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Olakan are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 51 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Olakan is mostly concentrated in: Niger, where 46 percent are found, Ondo, where 23 percent are found and Ekiti, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olakan in the Marathi language | ||
| फ़ॉलकन | folakana | 40 |
| ओलाकन | olakana | 40 |
| ओळकन | olakana | 20 |
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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 Olakan
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