Olechi Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Olechi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Olechi (46) may also be a first name.
Olechi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olechi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olechi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Olechi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olechi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,312,869th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. The surname Olechi is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olechi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 46 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria Olechi is most frequent in: Benue, where 48 percent live, Ogun, where 24 percent live and Borno, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Uganda, 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 Olechi
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