Olusan Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Olusan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 225 | 1:787,301 | 35,295 |
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Oluşan (80) are calculated separately.
Olusan (12) may also be a first name.
Olusan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olusan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olusan is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Oluşan. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olusan? popularity and diffusion
Olusan is the 1,009,375th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Olusan live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 225 people, or 1 in 787,301. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 66 percent live, Ogun, where 18 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 8 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Olusan
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