Olanji Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Olanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olanji (14) may also be a first name.
Olanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olanji is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Olanji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olanji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olanji is the 5,213,395th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Olanji is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Olanji live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olanji is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held given name on earth, held by 14 people.
The surname Olanji is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 75 percent reside and Oyo, where 25 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and The United States, where 7 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 Olanji
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