Olaouwa Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Olaouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Olaouwa (20) may also be a first name.
Olaouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olaouwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaouwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olaouwa is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Olaouwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Olaouwa reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olaouwa is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 20 people.
Olaouwa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 83 percent are found and Lagos, where 17 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Iceland, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olaowa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Alaouwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Olayiowa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olaoba | 77 | 430 | / |
| Olaowo | 77 | 56 | / |
| Olaowe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Olahova | 71 | 66 | / |
| Olaowei | 71 | 21 | / |
| Olaoyue | 71 | 4 | / |
| Olajowo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Alaouba | 71 | 2 | / |
| Alaowad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alaowai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olouabe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olioawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alaouwe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aliouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Allaowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alahouba | 67 | 37 | / |
| Olaijuwo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alhaouba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Allaouba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haliouwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Holoaway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olayiowe | 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 Olaouwa
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