Awowole Surname

346,917th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,054 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Awowole Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awowole Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0471:169,19110,493
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Awowole (24) may also be a first name.

Awowole Last Name Facts

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

Awowole is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awowole? popularity and diffusion

The last name Awowole is the 346,917th most common surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,914,180 people. The last name Awowole occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awowole reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 24 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,047 people, or 1 in 169,191. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 61 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Oyo, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awowale86387/
Owowole86235/
Awowola868/
Awuwole867/
Awewole863/
Abowole863/
Hawobole8013/
Awojuole801/
Owowale7123/
Owowele716/
Awewele715/
Owowola714/
Owobole712/
Owewole712/
Obowole711/
Awawale711/
Awuwola711/
Owawole711/
Awewale711/
Awojuola6776/
Oyuewole671/
Oobawole671/
Awujwola671/

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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 Awowole
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