Olaniyonu Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Olaniyonu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 279 | 1:634,920 | 29,981 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olaniyonu (18) may also be a first name.
Olaniyonu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaniyonu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olaniyonu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaniyonu? popularity and diffusion
Olaniyonu is the 912,827th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Olaniyonu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olaniyonu is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname Olaniyonu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 279 people, or 1 in 634,920. In Nigeria Olaniyonu is primarily found in: Oyo, where 41 percent reside, Lagos, where 30 percent reside and Ogun, where 18 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and Canada, 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
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- 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 Olaniyonu
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