Olalu Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Olalu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Olalu (17) may also be a first name.
Olalu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olalu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olalu (Marathi: ओललु) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olalu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Olalu reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.
The surname Olalu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Olalu is primarily found in: Benue, where 58 percent live and Lagos, where 42 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 41 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olalu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olalu in the Marathi language | ||
| ओललु | olalu | - |
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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 Olalu
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