Olayi Surname
Approximately 1,223 people bear this surname
Olayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 715 | 1:247,752 | 14,344 |
| South Africa | 432 | 1:125,411 | 14,757 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olayi (69) may also be a first name.
Olayi Demographics
Average Olayi Salary in
South Africa
R 127,752
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Olayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olayi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olayi is the 308,515th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,958,746 people. Olayi occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Olayi live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 69 people.
Olayi is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 715 people, or 1 in 247,752. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 53 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found and Taraba, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 35 percent are found and Iran, where 3 percent are found.
Olayi Last Name Statistics demography
Olayi earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.24% less than the national average, earning R 127,752 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 Olayi
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