Oliye Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Oliye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Oliye (33) may also be a first name.
Oliye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oliye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oliye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oliye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,860,621st most frequently held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oliye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oliye is also the 1,807,719th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 33 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 73 percent are found, Kwara, where 6 percent are found and Niger, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 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 Oliye
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