Olaniyin Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Olaniyin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 286 | 1:619,380 | 29,421 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Olaniyin (95) may also be a first name.
Olaniyin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaniyin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olaniyin occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaniyin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 919,444th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. Olaniyin occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olaniyin are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olaniyin is also the 974,243rd most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 95 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 286 people, or 1 in 619,380. In Nigeria Olaniyin is mostly found in: Oyo, where 45 percent reside, Ogun, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Olaniyin
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