Olakitan Surname

226,224th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,795 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olakitan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Olakitan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,7431:101,6316,892
England261:2,143,00282,017
Benin251:413,42429,829
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Olakitan (2,169) may also be a first name.

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Olakitan Demographics

Olakitan Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 227 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Olakitan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olakitan occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Olakitan.

How Common Is The Last Name Olakitan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Olakitan is the 226,224th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,059,914 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olakitan live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olakitan is also the 161,001st most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 2,169 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,743 people, or 1 in 101,631. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ogun, where 33 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Ondo, where 15 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.

Olakitan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (84%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olakoitan9411/
Olakitaun943/
Olakaitan942/
Olakitann941/
Oslakitan941/
Alakitan8879/
Olakiton887/
Olakutan882/
Olaketan881/
Alakiton753/
Olaketon752/
Alocitain591/
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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 Olakitan
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