Olekan Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Olekan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olekan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Olekan (30) may also be a first name.

Olekan Last Name Facts

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

Olekan is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olekan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Olekan is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Olekan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olekan reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 30 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Olekan is most frequent in: Lagos, where 40 percent live, Benue, where 20 percent live and Rivers, where 20 percent live. Beside Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 38 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 Olekan
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