Olayikan Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Olayikan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olayikan 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
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Olayikan (14) may also be a first name.

Olayikan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olayikan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olayikan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Olayikan is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Olayikan live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olayikan is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 14 people.

Olayikan is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Olayikan is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 13 percent live and Brazil, where 13 percent live.

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
Olaikan935/
Olaiekan886/
Olayikon882/
Olayokan881/
Oliekan80144/
Olijkan8025/
Olaekan8022/
Olyekan803/
Olakean801/
Alayikon753/
Allayikon712/
Aalayakan711/
Oloukan67195/
Alaikon672/
Alijkan671/
Aslayakhan671/
Eleykan671/
Oluekan671/
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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 Olayikan
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