Olorunto Surname

401,796th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Olorunto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olorunto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5861:302,29116,865
Benin2801:36,9134,769
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043

Olorunto (344) may also be a first name.

Olorunto Last Name Facts

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

Olorunto is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olorunto? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 401,796th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 8,338,153 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olorunto live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olorunto is also the 470,492nd most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 344 people.

The surname Olorunto is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 586 people, or 1 in 302,291. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 72 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Oyo, where 3 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Olorunto is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 32 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olorounto94705/
Oloruntoa947/
Oloruntoi943/
Oloraunto941/
Holorounto891/
Olorunta883/
Oloronto883/
Olurunto882/
Olarounto821/
Alarunta631/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Olorunto
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis