Olekanye Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Olekanye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 77 | 1:28,402 | 5,684 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Olekanye (59) may also be a first name.
Olekanye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olekanye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olekanye is found most in Botswana. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olekanye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,091,648th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olekanye live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Olekanye is also the 1,282,666th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 59 people.
The surname Olekanye is most numerous in Botswana, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 28,402. Other than Botswana this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golekanye | 94 | 302 | / |
| Alekanye | 88 | 39 | / |
| Galeakanye | 78 | 50 | / |
| Alikhaniyeh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Alikanjer | 59 | 4 | / |
| Halekanui | 59 | 1 | / |
| Alikanayo | 59 | 1 | / |
| Alikhanei | 59 | 1 | / |
| Alikhaniya | 56 | 1 | / |
| Alicanay | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Olekanye
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