Olushola Surname

60,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olushola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olushola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8,2071:21,5841,937
England951:586,50635,379
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Iceland21:190,0456,825
France11:66,422,722504,397
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Olushola (29,212) may also be a first name.

Olushola Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olushola is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olushola? popularity and diffusion

The last name Olushola is the 60,198th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 870,467 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olushola reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olushola is also the 28,473rd most common forename on earth, held by 29,212 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8,207 people, or 1 in 21,584. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 27 percent are found, Kwara, where 11 percent are found and Oyo, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Olushola Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (80%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Olushola are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Olushola earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47% more than the national average, earning $63,429 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Olushola
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