Awolana Surname

985,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Awolana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awolana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2431:728,98333,324
United States161:22,653,683662,747
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Awolana (14) may also be a first name.

Awolana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Awolana is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awolana? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 985,740th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 27,921,632 people. The surname Awolana is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Awolana live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awolana is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 14 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 243 people, or 1 in 728,983. In Nigeria Awolana is most common in: Ogun, where 34 percent live, Lagos, where 27 percent live and Osun, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Awolana Last Name Statistics demography

Awolana earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.31% less than the national average, earning $31,797 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
  • 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 Awolana
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