Ologun Surname

45,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ologun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ologun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria11,2281:15,7771,535
England491:1,137,10353,999
United States291:12,498,584473,286
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Wales51:618,90625,852
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

Ologun (186) may also be a first name.

Ologun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ologun Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ologun is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ologun.

How Common Is The Last Name Ologun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 45,769th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 643,208 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ologun reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ologun is also the 667,122nd most commonly occurring given name in the world It is held by 186 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11,228 people, or 1 in 15,777. In Nigeria Ologun is most frequent in: Ondo, where 49 percent live, Lagos, where 10 percent live and Ekiti, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Ologun Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ologun last name is primarily Christian (98%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Ologun surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ologun earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 32.38% more than the national average, earning R 314,592 per year and in United States they earn 19.64% more than the national average, earning $51,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ologoun92185/
Oluogun92118/
Oloogun9222/
Oliogun924/
Oulogun923/
Ologunn923/
Oologun922/
Oloughun862/
O'Loghun861/
Olougoun861/
Olagun83311/
Elogun83182/
Alogun83124/
Olugun8347/
Ologon8315/
Olegun832/
Ologum832/
Ologunowa80232/
Olaegun77116/
Oologon778/
Olaagun775/
Alogoun774/
Olangun773/
Galogun773/
Oluogon773/
Olagoun773/
Olaugun772/
Algogun772/
Aloguín772/
Olusgun771/
Olugoun771/
Ollagoun715/
Holagund714/
Olugusin713/
Allogoun711/
Alogon67290/
Alegun67269/
Oulaggoun6753/
Alagun6751/
Elegun6748/
Ulugun6715/
Elagun674/
Olagon672/
Ulagun672/
Oulagoune671/
Olagum671/

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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 Ologun
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