Olaokun Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Olaokun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 298 | 1:594,439 | 28,543 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olaokun (15) may also be a first name.
Olaokun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaokun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olaokun is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaokun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 887,624th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. Olaokun occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olaokun reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olaokun is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 15 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 298 people, or 1 in 594,439. In Nigeria Olaokun is primarily found in: Ogun, where 46 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Osun, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Olaokun
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