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 more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Awolo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 283,967th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,374,296 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Awolo are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 515,650th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 293 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 724 people, or 1 in 244,672. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 14 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Ondo, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 23 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
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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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