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 surname Oloyo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oloyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 683,026th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Oloyo live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oloyo is also the 1,590,275th most numerous forename throughout the world, held by 41 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 393 people, or 1 in 450,745. In Nigeria Oloyo is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Edo, where 21 percent are found and Ondo, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
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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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