Olaleya Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Olaleya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Olaleya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaleya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olaleya occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaleya? popularity and diffusion
Olaleya is the 3,141,416th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Olaleya are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 37 percent reside, Kaduna, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 3 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 Olaleya
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