Olure Surname
Approximately 273 people bear this surname
Olure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 264 | 1:670,995 | 31,276 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Olure (23) may also be a first name.
Olure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olure Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olure is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Olure click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olure? popularity and diffusion
Olure is the 956,400th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 26,694,307 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Olure reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 23 people.
The last name Olure is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 670,995. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 56 percent are found, Niger, where 8 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Sweden, where 0 percent are found.
Olure Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Olure has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Olure last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Olure
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