Olorunshe Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olorunshe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olorunshe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2151:823,92036,501
England11:55,718,059489,080

Olorunshe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olorunshe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olorunshe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Olorunshe is the 1,121,821st most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name Olorunshe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olorunshe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 823,920. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 83 percent live, Niger, where 8 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Olorunshe is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olorunse94127/
Olorunje827/
Olurunse827/
Olorunst821/
Olorunge821/
Olorunsuy781/
Olorunsay781/
Olorunnsi781/
Olarunsi7114/
Olorunji711/
Olatrunji561/
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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 Olorunshe
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