Olayoye Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Olayoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olayoye (18) may also be a first name.
Olayoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olayoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olayoye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Olayoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olayoye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,596,935th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olayoye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name Olayoye is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 126 people, or 1 in 1,405,895. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Osun, where 21 percent live, Kwara, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Olayoye
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