Omolajaye Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Omolajaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Omolajaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omolajaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omolajaye occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omolajaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,369,340th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 45,264,260 people. Omolajaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Omolajaye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Omolajaye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 159 people, or 1 in 1,114,105. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 82 percent reside, Ogun, where 10 percent reside and Oyo, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Omolajaye occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omolajaiye | 95 | 23 | / |
| Omolaiye | 82 | 615 | / |
| Omolayie | 82 | 3 | / |
| Omoleaye | 82 | 2 | / |
| Omolasoye | 78 | 186 | / |
| Omolejie | 71 | 54 | / |
| Omoleyie | 71 | 2 | / |
| Omolojie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omolasuyi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Amolejoye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amalaejaya | 63 | 3 | / |
| Amalasay | 59 | 5 | / |
| Umalaiye | 59 | 1 | / |
| Amolioaie | 56 | 29 | / |
| Amolioaiei | 53 | 5 | / |
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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 Omolajaye
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