Olateju Surname

60,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olateju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olateju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8,0111:22,1121,972
England1221:456,70530,074
United States771:4,707,259244,676
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Olateju (3,142) may also be a first name.

Olateju Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olateju is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olateju? popularity and diffusion

It is the 60,848th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 881,203 people. The last name Olateju occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Olateju are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 128,367th most frequently used first name globally, held by 3,142 people.

The surname Olateju is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8,011 people, or 1 in 22,112. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 27 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Osun, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Olateju exists in 21 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Olateju Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (67%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Olateju are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Olateju earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 156.68% more than the national average, earning R 609,972 per year and in United States they earn 24.43% less than the national average, earning $32,607 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
  • 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 Olateju
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