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 last name Bolakale occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolakale? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 347,978th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,940,520 people. The surname Bolakale is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bolakale are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bolakale is also the 179,687th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,807 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,040 people, or 1 in 170,330. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kwara, where 46 percent reside, Lagos, where 29 percent reside and Oyo, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 0 percent reside and England, 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 Bolakale
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