Olawae Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Olawae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Olawae (9) may also be a first name.
Olawae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olawae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olawae is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Olawae.
How Common Is The Last Name Olawae? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Olawae live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olawae is also the 3,941,740th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 9 people.
The surname Olawae is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 57 percent reside, Ogun, where 14 percent reside and Osun, where 14 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 13 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 Olawae
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