Olekanma Surname
Approximately 961 people bear this surname
Olekanma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 937 | 1:189,053 | 11,468 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Olekanma (69) may also be a first name.
Olekanma Demographics
Average Olekanma Salary in
United States
$37,812 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Olekanma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olekanma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olekanma is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olekanma? popularity and diffusion
Olekanma is the 373,124th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 7,583,294 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olekanma live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olekanma is also the 1,171,416th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 69 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 937 people, or 1 in 189,053. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 48 percent live, Rivers, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Olekanma Last Name Statistics demography
Olekanma earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.37% less than the national average, earning $37,812 USD per year.
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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 Olekanma
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