Olorunwa Surname

245,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olorunwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olorunwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,6171:109,5507,319
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Olorunwa (4,703) may also be a first name.

Olorunwa Last Name Facts

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

Olorunwa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Olorunwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olorunwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 245,297th most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,490,170 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olorunwa reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olorunwa is also the 99,886th most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 4,703 people.

The surname Olorunwa is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,617 people, or 1 in 109,550. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 27 percent are found, Lagos, where 27 percent are found and Ogun, where 25 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent are found and Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Olorunwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Olorunwa last name is predominantly Christian (85%) in Nigeria.

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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 Olorunwa
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