Olukolu Surname

459,064th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 736 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olukolu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olukolu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7071:250,55614,487
England241:2,321,58686,519
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Olukolu (17) may also be a first name.

Olukolu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olukolu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olukolu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 459,064th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,901,557 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Olukolu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 17 people.

The last name Olukolu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 707 people, or 1 in 250,556. In Nigeria Olukolu is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 82 percent live, Ogun, where 13 percent live and Oyo, where 2 percent live. Besides Nigeria Olukolu is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olukoğlu9351/
Olukolou932/
Olukoolu931/
Oluykolu931/
Olokolu866/
Olukalu865/
Olikolu862/
Alukolu862/
Olukulu861/
Ulukoğlu806/
Aalukolu801/
Alukollu801/
Ulukulu71104/
Ulukalu719/
Alukulu714/
Elukalu713/
Olokulu711/
Alukalu711/
Elikolu711/
Ulukutlu6714/
Gulukulu671/
Alukalaus6363/
Allukatlu633/
Ullukallu631/

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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 Olukolu
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