Olaniun Surname

1,471,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 144 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olaniun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olaniun Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1411:1,256,33250,205
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Olaniun (21) may also be a first name.

Olaniun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olaniun occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olaniun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,471,719th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Olaniun reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 21 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria Olaniun is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 57 percent live, Ogun, where 11 percent live and Osun, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Norway, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olanihun93951/
Olanioun931/
Olaniehun884/
Olanium862/
Olanhun862/
Olainyun804/
Olanihum803/
Olanihon801/
Olainhun801/
Alanjum571/
Allognihoun561/
Alianjum531/
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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 Olaniun
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