Olonye Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Olonye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Olonye (17) may also be a first name.
Olonye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olonye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olonye is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olonye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olonye is the 6,063,924th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olonye are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olonye is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name globally, held by 17 people.
The surname Olonye is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Olonye is most numerous in: Benue, where 67 percent reside, Cross River, where 11 percent reside and Delta, where 11 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 percent reside.
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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 Olonye
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