Olorire Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olorire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olorire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria801:2,214,28475,532
England81:6,964,757184,742
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Olorire (57) may also be a first name.

Olorire Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olorire is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olorire? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,967,751st most numerous family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Olorire reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 57 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 2,214,284. In Nigeria Olorire is most numerous in: Lagos, where 25 percent are found, Kwara, where 20 percent are found and Ondo, where 19 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olarire8616/
Alorair713/
Elorere712/
Holorer712/
Oulhourare711/
Oulahrir67513/
Oulharir67170/
Alharire672/
Allarire671/
Gularire671/
Aloreira671/
Elharire671/

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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 Olorire
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