Kolawode Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kolawode Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kolawode Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Kolawode Last Name Facts

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

Kolawode is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kolawode? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kolawode are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Kolawode is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 38 percent reside, Ondo, where 35 percent reside and Ekiti, where 19 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kolawade881/
Kulawade7550/
Kolabude7545/
Kalabode7543/
Kalawade7543/
Kolavade7522/
Kelawade7514/
Kolevade756/
Kolabodi751/
Kalavode751/
Kholabade715/
Kotlawadi714/
Khelawade713/
Kolabudde712/
Koulavade711/
Kolabhude711/
Kolabhade711/
Kalabodhe711/
Kolabuddhe671/

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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 Kolawode
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