Bolawale Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bolawale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolawale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Bolawale (119) may also be a first name.

Bolawale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bolawale is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Bolawale click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolawale? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,141,416th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bolawale are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 856,040th most frequently held given name on earth It is held by 119 people.

The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 49 percent are found, Osun, where 38 percent are found and Oyo, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Bolawale is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Bolawale
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