Olapoju Surname

382,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 932 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olapoju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olapoju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9221:192,12911,625
England91:6,190,895170,599
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Olapoju (138) may also be a first name.

Olapoju Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olapoju Come From? nationality or country of origin

Olapoju is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olapoju? popularity and diffusion

The last name Olapoju is the 382,080th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 7,819,255 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olapoju reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olapoju is also the 787,636th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 138 people.

The surname Olapoju is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 922 people, or 1 in 192,129. In Nigeria Olapoju is mostly found in: Oyo, where 43 percent are found, Osun, where 21 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Poland, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Olapoju
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