Olasope Surname

488,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 679 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olasope Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olasope Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6581:269,21415,356
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Olasope (72) may also be a first name.

Olasope Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olasope is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olasope? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 488,458th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,732,763 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Olasope are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,143,416th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 72 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 658 people, or 1 in 269,214. In Nigeria Olasope is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 25 percent live, Oyo, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 18 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olashope936/
Olassope931/
Olajope8657/
Olasepe863/
Olosope863/
Olasov7740/
Olasap771/
Olosepe7121/
Alasape7118/
Olasepi713/
Alacope711/
Alasepe711/
Oloshepe673/
Gollosop671/
Alashepe671/

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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 Olasope
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