Olaniji Surname
Approximately 446 people bear this surname
Olaniji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 438 | 1:404,436 | 21,183 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olaniji (165) may also be a first name.
Olaniji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaniji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olaniji occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaniji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 670,508th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 16,339,789 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Olaniji are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 712,876th most common given name globally, borne by 165 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 404,436. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 61 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Oyo, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Olaniji
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