Obelawo Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Obelawo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Obelawo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Obelawo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Obelawo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Obelawo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,092,155th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. Obelawo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Obelawo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Osun, where 28 percent reside, Ogun, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 18 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent reside and Senegal, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obeslawo | 93 | 3 | / |
| Obelowo | 86 | 3 | / |
| Obelawa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obilawo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Obalowo | 71 | 126 | / |
| Obilowo | 71 | 91 | / |
| Obalewo | 71 | 45 | / |
| Obelova | 71 | 32 | / |
| Abelawa | 71 | 18 | / |
| Abilawo | 71 | 10 | / |
| Obelová | 71 | 2 | / |
| Abelewo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obelewa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ebelewo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gobelová | 67 | 16 | / |
| Abalyawo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Obeslova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Hobeleva | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hobelová | 67 | 8 | / |
| Obalowuo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Abelhawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gobelova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abilawou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Obalowou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abaliawo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Obelawo
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