Oloritun Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oloritun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oloritun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1161:1,527,09357,948
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Oloritun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oloritun is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oloritun? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,649,806th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name Oloritun is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oloritun are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 1,527,093. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 75 percent live, Ogun, where 15 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria Oloritun occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oloriotun941/
Ooloritun941/
Olortin80129/
Olortino7524/
Olaritan754/
Olurotun751/
Ollorton750/
Olori Toyin742/
Aloritton710/
Olaworetan6715/
Olorutoyin675/
Elouaritni674/
Olretan673/
Oloworotan671/
Alariton631/

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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 Oloritun
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