Olayiwola Surname

6,944th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81,530 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olayiwola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olayiwola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria80,6241:2,197284
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
England2751:202,61117,646
United States1311:2,766,862164,942
Benin101:1,033,56048,353
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Olayiwola (17,135) may also be a first name.

Olayiwola Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olayiwola is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olayiwola? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,944th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,385 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olayiwola are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 42,312th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 17,135 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 80,624 people, or 1 in 2,197. In Nigeria Olayiwola is mostly found in: Oyo, where 45 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Osun, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Olayiwola occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Olayiwola Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (58%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Olayiwola surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Olayiwola earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.4% less than the national average, earning R 139,248 per year and in United States they earn 9.53% more than the national average, earning $47,259 USD 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
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