Olunye Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Olunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 88 | 1:2,012,986 | 70,656 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Olunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olunye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olunye? popularity and diffusion
Olunye is the 1,967,751st most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name Olunye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olunye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Olunye is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 2,012,986. In Nigeria Olunye is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 98 percent reside, Delta, where 1 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Olunye occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olounye | 92 | 316 | / |
| Oluneye | 92 | 122 | / |
| Olunuye | 92 | 5 | / |
| Oluniye | 92 | 4 | / |
| Olunoye | 92 | 4 | / |
| Olunaye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Olunioye | 86 | 4 | / |
| Olounaye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Olonye | 83 | 10 | / |
| Olunge | 83 | 2 | / |
| Olunee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Olahunoye | 80 | 10 | / |
| Oluniyi | 77 | 803 | / |
| Olgunay | 77 | 36 | / |
| Oloniye | 77 | 9 | / |
| Olunoyo | 77 | 8 | / |
| Oilonye | 77 | 5 | / |
| Olunuyi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Olungae | 77 | 2 | / |
| Olounje | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oluneje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Olunayo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Olonaye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Olungie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oluniyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Olunney | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oleunie | 77 | 0 | / |
| Olonaiye | 71 | 58 | / |
| Olounoje | 71 | 10 | / |
| Olohunje | 71 | 8 | / |
| Olunnaya | 71 | 6 | / |
| Olusnaya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Olunniyi | 71 | 4 | / |
| O'Lunney | 71 | 4 | / |
| Olunuiyi | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oilonyeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| O'Lungay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Golouney | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alunge | 67 | 138 | / |
| Olohuniyo | 67 | 122 | / |
| Ulunge | 67 | 68 | / |
| Aluney | 67 | 32 | / |
| Olonje | 67 | 18 | / |
| Olunji | 67 | 10 | / |
| Alunee | 67 | 10 | / |
| Alonye | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ulugne | 67 | 9 | / |
| Olunja | 67 | 8 | / |
| Olgunniyi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Olounniyi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alunay | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oloney | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alunje | 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
- 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 Olunye
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