Olarigbe Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olarigbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olarigbe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
England11:55,718,059489,080

Olarigbe Last Name Facts

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

Olarigbe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olarigbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Olarigbe is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Olarigbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Olarigbe live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 86 percent live and Ondo, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olariegbe941/
Olaregbe883/
Olarugbe881/
Oloriegbe82767/
Oloreigbe824/
Oloregbe752/
Alarugbe751/
Elerigbe751/
Eleregbe6315/
Alarique631/
Ollaregui595/
Allarique591/
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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 Olarigbe
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