Olasokan Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olasokan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olasokan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
United States211:17,259,949572,238
England11:55,718,059489,080

Olasokan (16) may also be a first name.

Olasokan Last Name Facts

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

Olasokan is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Olasokan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olasokan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Olasokan are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name internationally It is held by 16 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 61 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Oyo, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Olasokan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Olasokan last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Olasokan earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.75% more than the national average, earning $50,375 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Olasokan
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