Olakoya Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Olakoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
Olakoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olakoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olakoya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Olakoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Olakoya? popularity and diffusion
Olakoya is the 1,931,261st most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Olakoya live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Olakoya is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria Olakoya is most common in: Lagos, where 56 percent are found, Ogun, where 28 percent are found and Oyo, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Olakoya
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