Olayitan Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Olayitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 241 | 1:735,032 | 33,525 |
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Olayitan (329) may also be a first name.
Olayitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olayitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olayitan is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olayitan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 966,131st most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olayitan reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 483,360th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 329 people.
The last name Olayitan is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 735,032. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 36 percent live, Kwara, where 16 percent live and Osun, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olaitan | 93 | 23,071 | / |
| Olaytan | 93 | 4 | / |
| Oluyitan | 88 | 175 | / |
| Olajitan | 88 | 74 | / |
| Olayiton | 88 | 26 | / |
| Olayetan | 88 | 7 | / |
| Olaitain | 88 | 4 | / |
| Olaittan | 88 | 3 | / |
| Olaitann | 88 | 3 | / |
| Olaiatan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Oolaitan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Olaiitan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Olaithan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Olaitaan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Alayitan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Olaietan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Otlaitan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Oluitan | 80 | 200 | / |
| Olaiton | 80 | 117 | / |
| Alaitan | 80 | 33 | / |
| Olaetan | 80 | 19 | / |
| Olaîtan | 80 | 16 | / |
| Olautan | 80 | 9 | / |
| Olaitam | 80 | 6 | / |
| Oloitan | 80 | 6 | / |
| Olayton | 80 | 2 | / |
| Olietan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oleitan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alaithan | 75 | 648 | / |
| Olujitan | 75 | 185 | / |
| Allaitan | 75 | 38 | / |
| Olaitoun | 75 | 1 | / |
| Olajutan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Alhaytan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gulaitaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alhaytane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oluetan | 67 | 318 | / |
| Oloutan | 67 | 104 | / |
| Alaîtan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Oleiton | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eleatan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aleitan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alaytam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alaetan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Olayitan
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