Olakanle Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Olakanle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 147 | 1:1,205,053 | 48,659 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Olakanle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olakanle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olakanle occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Olakanle click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olakanle? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,447,279th most commonly occurring last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olakanle reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Olakanle is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 1,205,053. In Nigeria Olakanle is most numerous in: Lagos, where 29 percent reside, Bauchi, where 28 percent reside and Ondo, where 20 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Olakanle exists in one country. It also occurs in Iceland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olakaunle | 94 | 2 | / |
| Olakanla | 88 | 376 | / |
| Olakounle | 82 | 14 | / |
| Olakangil | 82 | 9 | / |
| Halakanle | 82 | 1 | / |
| Olakonla | 75 | 5 | / |
| Olokanla | 75 | 2 | / |
| Olakounlê | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olokounle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oloukounle | 67 | 123 | / |
| Olakhongil | 67 | 4 | / |
| Olokonla | 63 | 92 | / |
| Alacanli | 63 | 4 | / |
| Alacahanli | 56 | 41 | / |
| Oloukounlé | 56 | 6 | / |
| Alacahanlı | 56 | 1 | / |
| Alokanlouy | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Olakanle
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