Olusesan Surname

313,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olusesan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olusesan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1431:154,9819,777
England431:1,295,76958,667
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508

Olusesan (4,446) may also be a first name.

Olusesan Last Name Facts

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

Olusesan is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olusesan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 313,034th most frequent family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,067,898 people. Olusesan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Olusesan reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 103,319th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 4,446 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,143 people, or 1 in 154,981. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 30 percent live, Ogun, where 29 percent live and Oyo, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and Ghana, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olushesan9418/
Olousesan941/
Oluseasan941/
Olusesen8812/
Olujesan886/
Oluseson886/
Olusesam883/
Elusesan882/
Olugesan882/
Olushasan821/
Eliseussen56140/
Alizeeshan561/
Uluçeçen50108/
Elisasen5023/
Elisason505/
Alisosan502/
Ulucecen501/

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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 Olusesan
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