Olawade Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olawade Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olawade Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1371:1,293,01351,317
England121:4,643,172139,951

Olawade (26) may also be a first name.

Olawade Last Name Facts

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

Olawade occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Olawade click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olawade? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,441,361st most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Olawade are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly used first name globally, held by 26 people.

Olawade is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria it is most common in: Osun, where 39 percent reside, Lagos, where 23 percent reside and Oyo, where 12 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent reside.

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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 Olawade
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