Omolaya Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Omolaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Omolaya (30) may also be a first name.
Omolaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omolaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Omolaya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omolaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Omolaya is the 4,206,983rd most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Omolaya are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omolaya is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held given name internationally, borne by 30 people.
The surname Omolaya is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Omolaya is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 38 percent reside, Lagos, where 29 percent reside and Niger, where 29 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 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 Omolaya
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