Ojewale Surname

98,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,838 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ojewale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ojewale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,7411:37,3643,012
England431:1,295,76958,667
United States341:10,660,557428,392
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ojewale (135) may also be a first name.

Ojewale Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ojewale is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ojewale.

How Common Is The Last Name Ojewale? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 98,028th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,506,314 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ojewale live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojewale is also the 797,647th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 135 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,741 people, or 1 in 37,364. In Nigeria Ojewale is most numerous in: Oyo, where 39 percent live, Osun, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Ojewale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (68%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Ojewale surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Ojewale earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.34% less than the national average, earning $42,140 USD per year.

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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 Ojewale
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