Olamide Surname

63,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,859 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olamide Surname User-submission:

Olamide means 'my hapiness has arrived' in the Yoruba language of Nigeria.

Olamide Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7,5331:23,5162,065
Benin1931:53,5526,715
England841:663,31038,317
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Iceland51:76,0184,442
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Olamide (53,279) may also be a first name.

Olamide Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Olamide means 'my hapiness has arrived' in the Yoruba language of Nigeria.

- eugenieaurelie

Olamide Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olamide is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olamide? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 63,729th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 927,287 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Olamide are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 17,526th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 53,279 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 7,533 people, or 1 in 23,516. In Nigeria Olamide is mostly found in: Oyo, where 21 percent are found, Ondo, where 21 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Olamide Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (88%) in Nigeria.

Olamide earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.

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