Olufolahan Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olufolahan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olufolahan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria351:5,061,222131,727
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Olufolahan (519) may also be a first name.

Olufolahan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olufolahan is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Olufolahan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olufolahan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Olufolahan reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 370,800th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 519 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 46 percent reside, Ogun, where 17 percent reside and Rivers, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olufolahn951/
Oluwafolahan915/
Olowofolahan8210/
Oluwafolahun823/
Al Flaihan7063/
Al Fallahani641/
Al Falahin60593/
Al Falehin5020/

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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 Olufolahan
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