Olukotun Surname

104,541st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,488 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olukotun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olukotun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,3631:40,6013,237
England651:857,20145,134
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Olukotun (137) may also be a first name.

Olukotun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olukotun is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Olukotun.

How Common Is The Last Name Olukotun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 104,541st most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,623,785 people. The last name Olukotun is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Olukotun are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 790,880th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 137 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,363 people, or 1 in 40,601. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 25 percent are found, Kogi, where 24 percent are found and Oyo, where 9 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Olukotun Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Olukotun surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Olukotun earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.9% more than the national average, earning $48,714 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olukotoun941/
Oloukotoun8990/
Olukutun8817/
Olokotun888/
Oluketun886/
Olukatun882/
Olukoton881/
Olukotum881/
Olucotun881/
Oloucotoun781/
Olokutun751/
Aloukouton672/
Alikhatun591/
Alokhatun591/

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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 Olukotun
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