Olekan Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Olekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
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
The surname Olekan is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olekan? popularity and diffusion
Olekan is the 6,723,624th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olekan live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 30 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 40 percent are found, Benue, where 20 percent are found and Rivers, where 20 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Olekan exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 38 percent are found.
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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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