Olayokun Surname

477,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olayokun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olayokun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6701:264,39215,129
England181:3,095,448105,421
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Olayokun (27) may also be a first name.

Olayokun Last Name Facts

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

Olayokun is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olayokun? popularity and diffusion

Olayokun is the 477,400th most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. The last name Olayokun is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Olayokun live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 27 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 670 people, or 1 in 264,392. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 36 percent live, Ogun, where 29 percent live and Ekiti, where 22 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Olayokun Last Name Statistics demography

Olayokun earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.8% less than the national average, earning $27,271 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 Olayokun
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