Olukan Surname
Approximately 406 people bear this surname
Olukan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 389 | 1:455,380 | 23,220 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Olukan (12) may also be a first name.
Olukan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olukan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olukan occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olukan? popularity and diffusion
Olukan is the 718,674th most common last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,949,620 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Olukan are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olukan is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name on earth It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 389 people, or 1 in 455,380. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 53 percent live, Lagos, where 32 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oloukan | 92 | 195 | / |
| Oylukan | 92 | 32 | / |
| Otlukan | 92 | 13 | / |
| Olukane | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ojlukan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Oluekan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Olukanne | 86 | 3 | / |
| Holutkan | 86 | 3 | / |
| Goloukan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ulukan | 83 | 2,504 | / |
| Olokan | 83 | 164 | / |
| Olikan | 83 | 60 | / |
| Olucan | 83 | 20 | / |
| Alukan | 83 | 14 | / |
| Olukon | 83 | 5 | / |
| Olukam | 83 | 4 | / |
| Gouloukan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oliekan | 77 | 144 | / |
| Uluskan | 77 | 90 | / |
| Uslukan | 77 | 59 | / |
| Uluçkan | 77 | 27 | / |
| Golucan | 77 | 19 | / |
| Galukan | 77 | 18 | / |
| Olikhan | 77 | 16 | / |
| Holokan | 77 | 16 | / |
| Olickan | 77 | 12 | / |
| Aluskan | 77 | 8 | / |
| Hulukan | 77 | 6 | / |
| Olukoyn | 77 | 2 | / |
| Uluckan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oloukon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oilikan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Olukong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gulukan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Elukhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aloukan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Allukan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Alukkan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Alukhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Holikan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Olikkan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Olikain | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ollikan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oulucan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eleukhan | 71 | 26 | / |
| Olukosin | 71 | 13 | / |
| Ollikain | 71 | 12 | / |
| Halukhan | 71 | 5 | / |
| Olukotin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Olukhong | 71 | 2 | / |
| Allukhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ollikhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Houlikan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hollokan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Ulucan | 67 | 5,756 | / |
| Alikan | 67 | 1,000 | / |
| Alokan | 67 | 469 | / |
| Elikan | 67 | 117 | / |
| Gullukhan | 67 | 16 | / |
| Olocan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Alucan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Olokon | 67 | 4 | / |
| Elucan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ulukon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ulokan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alhoukain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alukon | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Olukan
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