Olorunkiya Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olorunkiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olorunkiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1321:1,341,99152,761
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Olorunkiya (22) may also be a first name.

Olorunkiya Last Name Facts

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

Olorunkiya occurs most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olorunkiya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,551,568th most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name Olorunkiya is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olorunkiya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 22 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 1,341,991. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ondo, where 61 percent reside, Lagos, where 22 percent reside and Benue, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in New Zealand, where 1 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 Olorunkiya
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