Olubitan Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olubitan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olubitan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1091:1,625,16360,488
England11:55,718,059489,080

Olubitan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olubitan is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Olubitan.

How Common Is The Last Name Olubitan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,746,159th most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olubitan reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria Olubitan is most numerous in: Oyo, where 28 percent reside, Kogi, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Olubitan
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