Oloyo Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Oloyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 393 | 1:450,745 | 23,038 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Oloyo (41) may also be a first name.
Oloyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oloyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oloyo is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oloyo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 683,026th most commonly used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 16,752,979 people. Oloyo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Oloyo are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 41 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 393 people, or 1 in 450,745. In Nigeria Oloyo is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 27 percent live, Edo, where 21 percent live and Ondo, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
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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 Oloyo
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