Babalola Surname

4,320th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130,348 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Babalola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Babalola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria126,0681:1,405180
Benin1,7031:6,069816
England9711:57,3826,910
United States7061:513,39842,994
Ghana5541:48,7745,381
Canada941:391,97434,739
South Africa321:1,693,05382,821
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Iceland211:18,1001,499
Ivory Coast171:1,357,13129,476
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Belize91:39,4972,328
Togo91:805,3086,372
Ethiopia91:10,838,47414,518
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
France11:66,422,722504,397
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Bäbalola (1) are calculated separately.

Babalola (10,836) may also be a first name.

Babalola Last Name Facts

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

The surname Babalola (Russian: Бабалола) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Bäbalola. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Babalola? popularity and diffusion

The last name Babalola is the 4,320th most frequent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 55,908 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Babalola live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 58,083rd most common forename in the world, held by 10,836 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 126,068 people, or 1 in 1,405. In Nigeria Babalola is most common in: Oyo, where 19 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Osun, where 13 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 55 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Babalola Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Babalola surname is principally Christian (77%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Babalola surname are 45.23% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 98.46% registered with the political party.

The amount Babalola earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 12.55% more than the national average, earning $48,566 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.22% more than the national average, earning $58,240 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Babalola Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Babalola in the Russian language
Бабалолаbabalola-

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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
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