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 is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olayoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olayoye is the 1,596,935th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 widespread forename throughout the world. It is borne by 18 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 1,405,895. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Osun, where 21 percent reside, Kwara, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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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