Awolo Surname
Approximately 1,356 people bear this surname
Awolo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 724 | 1:244,672 | 14,176 |
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| Benin | 106 | 1:97,506 | 11,150 |
| Uganda | 83 | 1:470,353 | 27,634 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Awolo (293) may also be a first name.
Awolo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awolo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Awolo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awolo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 283,967th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,374,296 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awolo reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 515,650th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 293 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 724 people, or 1 in 244,672. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 14 percent reside, Lagos, where 9 percent reside and Ondo, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 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 Awolo
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