Olayiwole Surname

532,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 606 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olayiwole Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olayiwole Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5811:304,89316,978
United States151:24,163,929685,360
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada31:12,281,864364,614

Olayiwole (132) may also be a first name.

Olayiwole Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olayiwole is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olayiwole? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 532,873rd most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 12,025,653 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Olayiwole live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olayiwole is also the 807,735th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 132 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 581 people, or 1 in 304,893. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 32 percent reside, Ogun, where 16 percent reside and Oyo, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Olayiwole Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Olayiwole last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.

Olayiwole earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.61% less than the national average, earning $28,646 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
  • 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 Olayiwole
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