Olaiwon Surname

766,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 372 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olaiwon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olaiwon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3561:497,59224,866
England161:3,482,379114,324

Olaiwon (17) may also be a first name.

Olaiwon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olaiwon is found most in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olaiwon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 766,190th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 19,590,177 people. The surname Olaiwon is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Olaiwon reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 17 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 356 people, or 1 in 497,592. In Nigeria Olaiwon is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 48 percent live, Osun, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 19 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent live.

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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 Olaiwon
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