Oluaye Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oluaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oluaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria871:2,036,12471,256
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oluaye (22) may also be a first name.

Oluaye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oluaye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Oluaye? popularity and diffusion

Oluaye is the 1,955,159th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oluaye reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oluaye is also the 2,301,746th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 22 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kwara, where 77 percent reside, Ekiti, where 8 percent reside and Ondo, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Oluaye occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oluosaye861/
Oluatoye861/
Oluayo83154/
Oluoye8372/
Aluaye8331/
Olueye8323/
Oluawe832/
Oluaya831/
Olbaye831/
Oluaje831/
Oluiye831/
Olwaye831/
Olbaoye772/
Olwuawe771/
Oulwaye771/
Uluay73310/
Eluay73152/
Olway7321/
Oluaa735/
Oluoa731/
Olbay731/
Oluea731/
Houlbaye7120/
Oluatuyi7115/
Oluatayo714/
Oluasuyi711/
Alhuay672,403/
Holway671,105/
Oluajo67270/
Oluaja67212/
Oluoje6779/
Holbay6773/
Holvay6767/
Alwaye6761/
Albaye6736/
Aluayu6725/
Aluayo6724/
Olwayi6716/
Olwuyi6715/
Oluiya6714/
Oluaha6712/
Olwoye6712/
Olwayo6711/
Eluaue6711/
Oluoyo676/
Oluaju675/
Aluaya674/
Oluhoa674/
Oluaia673/
Haluay673/
Oluoya673/
Ollway672/
Oluhoy672/
Olueyo672/
Oluowe672/
Olweye671/
Ouluey671/
Olluoa671/
Goluea671/
Eluayo671/
Eliuay671/
Oluhie671/
Huluayesh671/
Galuay670/

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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 Oluaye
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