Olayera Surname
Approximately 905 people bear this surname
Olayera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 890 | 1:199,037 | 11,943 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Olayera (62) may also be a first name.
Olayera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olayera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olayera is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olayera? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 391,109th most common family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,052,537 people. The last name Olayera is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Olayera reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 62 people.
The last name Olayera is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 890 people, or 1 in 199,037. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Osun, where 66 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Oyo, where 8 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Olayera
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