Olayifa Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Olayifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
Olayifa (12) may also be a first name.
Olayifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olayifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olayifa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olayifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olayifa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olayifa is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 12 people.
Olayifa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 53 percent live, Oyo, where 35 percent live and Ekiti, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olaifa | 92 | 8,925 | / |
| Olayefa | 86 | 57 | / |
| Olaifai | 86 | 4 | / |
| Olaifah | 86 | 3 | / |
| Oliaifa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Olaifat | 86 | 2 | / |
| Olaiafa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Olayife | 86 | 1 | / |
| Uolaifa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Holaifa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Olayefat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olaife | 77 | 203 | / |
| Elaifa | 77 | 16 | / |
| Olaefa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Olaîfa | 77 | 9 | / |
| Alaifa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Oleafa | 77 | 5 | / |
| Olaifo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oliefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ulaifah | 71 | 27 | / |
| Elayefa | 71 | 25 | / |
| Ouleifa | 71 | 19 | / |
| Olawefa | 71 | 19 | / |
| Alayefa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Alaifea | 71 | 2 | / |
| Hulaifa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Olayofe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Olaifoh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oliaife | 71 | 2 | / |
| Alayafa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Elhaifa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elaifai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ulayefa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alhaifa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Helaifa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hulaifah | 67 | 201 | / |
| Olife | 67 | 99 | / |
| Olafe | 67 | 19 | / |
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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 Olayifa
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