Olakolu Surname
Approximately 421 people bear this surname
Olakolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 380 | 1:466,165 | 23,604 |
| Turkey | 30 | 1:2,594,047 | 79,854 |
| Jamaica | 7 | 1:409,992 | 9,090 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olakolu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olakolu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olakolu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Olakolu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olakolu? popularity and diffusion
Olakolu is the 699,651st most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Olakolu reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 466,165. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Osun, where 51 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Bauchi, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 7 percent reside and Jamaica, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Olakolu
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