Olalaye Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Olalaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
Olalaye (19) may also be a first name.
Olalaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olalaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olalaye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olalaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,931,261st most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name Olalaye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olalaye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 19 people.
The surname Olalaye is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ogun, where 30 percent live, Ekiti, where 21 percent live and Oyo, where 15 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent live.
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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 Olalaye
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