Olaniye Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Olaniye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 304 | 1:582,706 | 28,118 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Olaniye (71) may also be a first name.
Olaniye Demographics
Olaniye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Olaniye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaniye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olaniye is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaniye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 883,255th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olaniye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, held by 71 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 304 people, or 1 in 582,706. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 16 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Oyo, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 0 percent live.
Olaniye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Olaniye surname is predominantly Christian (73%) in Nigeria.
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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 Olaniye
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