Olaoye Surname
Approximately 47,843 people bear this surname
Olaoye Surname User-submission:
The Olaoye surname means 'wealth of the titled man'.
Olaoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46,982 | 1:3,770 | 498 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| England | 246 | 1:226,496 | 18,955 |
| United States | 151 | 1:2,400,390 | 147,856 |
| Benin | 48 | 1:215,325 | 19,968 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| Ireland | 18 | 1:261,608 | 9,673 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Oláoyè (1) are calculated separately.
Olaoye (2,779) may also be a first name.
Olaoye Surname Meaning
Olaoye Demographics
Olaoye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Olaoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olaoye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant: Oláoyè. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,739th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 152,322 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olaoye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olaoye is also the 138,468th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 2,779 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 46,982 people, or 1 in 3,770. In Nigeria it is most common in: Oyo, where 23 percent live, Osun, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Barring Nigeria Olaoye is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Olaoye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (74%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Olaoye surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Olaoye earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.25% less than the national average, earning $36,570 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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