Oloruka Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oloruka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oloruka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
England11:55,718,059489,080

Oloruka Last Name Facts

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

Oloruka is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oloruka? popularity and diffusion

Oloruka is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Oloruka is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Oloruka live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 53 percent reside and Lagos, where 47 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Oloruka occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olorouka937/
Oloruke8610/
Oloruko868/
Oloroka863/
Olioruko801/
Oloroukou752/
Alaruka7110/
Oloriko718/
Oloroko713/
Aluruka711/
Elorika711/
Alorzuke67695/
Olorokou67184/
Olouroko671/
Alarukas671/
Alaruikka63135/
Alorzukey631/
Olourokou631/
Olorico5711/
Olarica575/
Alerika574/
Oluroko572/
Alarika572/
Elorica571/
Olaroke571/
Elyarika5317/
Alaruker531/

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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 Oloruka
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