Olatigbe Surname

897,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olatigbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olatigbe 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
Nigeria2761:641,82230,209
England201:2,785,90397,972
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Olatigbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olatigbe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olatigbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 897,852nd most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. The surname Olatigbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Olatigbe reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 641,822. In Nigeria Olatigbe is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 61 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Oyo, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

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
Olaatigbe941/
Olategbe882/
Alatigbe881/
Olatigbi881/
Oletuegbe7123/
Alataigba714/
Alaatigue711/
Alatique631/
Olotegui504/
Alategui501/

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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 Olatigbe
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