Oleye Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Oleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oleye (16) may also be a first name.
Oleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oleye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻴﻪ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Oleye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oleye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oleye is the 1,612,213th most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname Oleye occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oleye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 16 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria Oleye is most common in: Bayelsa, where 25 percent live, Delta, where 17 percent live and Osun, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oleye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oleye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻴﻪ | lyh | - |
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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
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- 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 Oleye
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