Olayisoye Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Olayisoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olayisoye 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
Nigeria1951:908,42439,344
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Olayisoye (41) may also be a first name.

Olayisoye Last Name Facts

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

Olayisoye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olayisoye? popularity and diffusion

Olayisoye is the 1,198,640th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olayisoye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olayisoye is also the 1,590,275th most common forename world-wide, borne by 41 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 908,424. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 34 percent are found, Lagos, where 30 percent are found and Oyo, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Olayisoye exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Iceland, where 1 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
Olaisoye942/
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Olaysioye891/
Olaisaye822/
Oluyosoye783/
Olayujoye783/
Olaissou712/
Olaujoye711/
Olisea67105/
Olaseu6725/
Olajujoye679/
Olajojoye673/
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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 Olayisoye
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