Arowolo Surname

19,809th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27,633 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Arowolo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arowolo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria27,2871:6,492787
England1751:318,38923,763
United States1091:3,325,311189,554
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Benin61:1,722,60061,769
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Arowolo (1,167) may also be a first name.

Arowolo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Arowolo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arowolo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 19,809th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 263,726 people. The last name Arowolo occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Arowolo are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 232,543rd most commonly used forename on earth, held by 1,167 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 27,287 people, or 1 in 6,492. In Nigeria Arowolo is mostly found in: Lagos, where 19 percent reside, Ekiti, where 14 percent reside and Osun, where 14 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Arowolo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (74%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Arowolo last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Arowolo earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.05% more than the national average, earning $44,033 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 Arowolo
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