Olayode Surname
Approximately 6,990 people bear this surname
Olayode Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,784 | 1:26,112 | 2,246 |
| Benin | 153 | 1:67,553 | 8,223 |
| England | 22 | 1:2,532,639 | 91,802 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Olayode (1,538) may also be a first name.
Olayode Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olayode Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olayode is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Olayode.
How Common Is The Last Name Olayode? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 70,710th most widely held last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,042,567 people. The last name Olayode occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olayode live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olayode is also the 197,737th most common given name globally It is held by 1,538 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,784 people, or 1 in 26,112. In Nigeria Olayode is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 27 percent are found, Ogun, where 25 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Olayode occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Olayode
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