Olaniyam Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Olaniyam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Olaniyam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaniyam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olaniyam occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaniyam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Olaniyam reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Olaniyam is most numerous in: Kwara, where 21 percent are found, Osun, where 21 percent are found and Oyo, where 21 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Olaniyam is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olaniyan | 88 | 60,261 | / |
| Oloniyam | 88 | 4 | / |
| Olaniyem | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ulaniyam | 88 | 1 | / |
| Olaniyom | 88 | 1 | / |
| Oolaniyan | 82 | 7 | / |
| Olaniyann | 82 | 3 | / |
| Olasniyan | 82 | 3 | / |
| Olanniyan | 82 | 2 | / |
| Olainiyan | 82 | 2 | / |
| Olatniyan | 82 | 2 | / |
| Olayniyan | 82 | 2 | / |
| Otlaniyan | 82 | 2 | / |
| Golaniyan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Oulaniyan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Olianiyan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Olaniyand | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ollaniyan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Olaniyon | 75 | 111 | / |
| Alaniyan | 75 | 29 | / |
| Olaniyen | 75 | 16 | / |
| Olanyian | 75 | 11 | / |
| Olanuyan | 75 | 5 | / |
| Oloniyan | 75 | 4 | / |
| Olaneyan | 75 | 4 | / |
| Olanijan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Olanayan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Olanoyan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aslaniyan | 71 | 101 | / |
| Alganiyan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Golangayan | 67 | 38 | / |
| Ulanaim | 67 | 12 | / |
| Alanaim | 67 | 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 Olaniyam
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis