Olalowo Surname

217,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,883 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Olalowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Olalowo 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
Nigeria1,7051:103,8966,995
Benin1661:62,2637,663
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Olalowo (136) may also be a first name.

Olalowo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olalowo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Olalowo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olalowo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 217,697th most commonly used surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,870,178 people. The last name Olalowo is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olalowo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 794,286th most widespread given name in the world It is held by 136 people.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,705 people, or 1 in 103,896. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 50 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Oyo, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Olalowo occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 0 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
Olalowoo932/
Olalowoa931/
Olalowa868/
Olaluwo867/
Olalawo866/
Olalobo865/
Olelowo863/
Olalewo863/
Ololowo861/
O'Lalobo807/
Alalowoi801/
Olaluwa7134/
Alalawo713/
Olalewa713/
Ololobo712/
Ololovo711/
Ololobou67230/
Oolaluwa674/
Golalová672/
Ololoevo672/
Oloulawo671/
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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 Olalowo
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