Bolakale Surname

347,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,050 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bolakale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolakale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0401:170,33010,551
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bolakale (1,807) may also be a first name.

Bolakale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bolakale occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bolakale click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolakale? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 347,978th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 6,940,520 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bolakale live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 179,687th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 1,807 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,040 people, or 1 in 170,330. In Nigeria Bolakale is mostly found in: Kwara, where 46 percent live, Lagos, where 29 percent live and Oyo, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Kuwait, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 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
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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 Bolakale
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