Awolu Surname
Approximately 2,990 people bear this surname
Awolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,943 | 1:60,191 | 4,490 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Awolu (5,256) may also be a first name.
Awolu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awolu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awolu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awolu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 147,969th most widely held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,437,306 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Awolu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Awolu is also the 93,259th most prevalent first name globally, held by 5,256 people.
The surname Awolu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,943 people, or 1 in 60,191. In Nigeria Awolu is primarily found in: Ekiti, where 14 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Ondo, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Awolu occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 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
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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 Awolu
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