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 last name Olusan has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as: Oluşan. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olusan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olusan is the 1,009,375th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Olusan are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olusan is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name in the world, held by 12 people.
Olusan is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 225 people, or 1 in 787,301. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 66 percent reside, Ogun, where 18 percent reside and Oyo, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 8 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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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