Olanigan Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Olanigan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 374 | 1:473,644 | 23,870 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Olanigan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olanigan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olanigan is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olanigan? popularity and diffusion
Olanigan is the 707,442nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. Olanigan is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Olanigan are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Olanigan is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 374 people, or 1 in 473,644. In Nigeria Olanigan is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 36 percent live, Lagos, where 29 percent live and Ondo, where 20 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
Olanigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Olanigan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Olanigan last name expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golanighan | 89 | 26 | / |
| O'Lannigan | 89 | 1 | / |
| Olanegan | 88 | 518 | / |
| Elanigan | 88 | 4 | / |
| Alanigan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Ulanighan | 82 | 13 | / |
| Allanigan | 82 | 10 | / |
| Olaenegan | 82 | 8 | / |
| Olanesgan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Galanighan | 78 | 7 | / |
| Halanighan | 78 | 4 | / |
| Allangigan | 78 | 3 | / |
| Olenegan | 75 | 3 | / |
| Allanugan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elonigon | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Olanigan
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