Olaley Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Olaley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Olaley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olaley is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaley? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Olaley reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Olaley is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 45 percent live, Ogun, where 27 percent live and Lagos, where 18 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 8 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 Olaley
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