Olabowale Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olabowale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olabowale Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4891:362,25519,428
England121:4,643,172139,951
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479

Olabowale (663) may also be a first name.

Olabowale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olabowale is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olabowale? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 611,703rd most numerous surname globally, held by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Olabowale are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olabowale is also the 322,353rd most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 663 people.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 489 people, or 1 in 362,255. In Nigeria Olabowale is primarily concentrated in: Osun, where 24 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Oyo, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Olabowale occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olabowole894/
Olabowala892/
Olabuwale891/
Alabuwale782/
Olavabal711/
Gulabgovale701/
Elobowali671/
Aalabobalh635/
Galabavale631/
Galabaval561/

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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 Olabowale
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