Olalayo Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olalayo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olalayo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906

Olalayo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olalayo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olalayo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olalayo live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Olalayo is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 64 percent live, Lagos, where 23 percent live and Ogun, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 15 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
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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 Olalayo
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