Olawanle Surname

477,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 699 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olawanle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olawanle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6951:254,88214,691
England41:13,929,515290,718

Olawanle (595) may also be a first name.

Olawanle Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olawanle is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olawanle? popularity and diffusion

The last name Olawanle is the 477,903rd most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 10,425,674 people. The last name Olawanle is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olawanle are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 342,839th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 595 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 695 people, or 1 in 254,882. In Nigeria Olawanle is most frequent in: Ondo, where 54 percent are found, Osun, where 15 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olawanile949/
Olawaunle945/
Ollawanle944/
Olawonle886/
Olewanle882/
Olowanle881/
Olawanla881/
Alawanleh821/
Olowonle7513/
Alawonle752/
Alawamleh7178/
Olowonile7124/
Alowonle632,606/
Olowonla63101/
Alawonla6316/
Alowenle631/
Alowonile5933/
Alowounle594/
Olowoonla593/
Alowonele591/
Halowonle591/
Allabanli591/
Alewonle503/

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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 Olawanle
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