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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olakan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Olakan reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olakan is also the 1,396,783rd most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 51 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Niger, where 46 percent are found, Ondo, where 23 percent are found and Ekiti, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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
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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 Olakan
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