Olawaye Surname
Approximately 435 people bear this surname
Olawaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 423 | 1:418,777 | 21,740 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olawaye (99) may also be a first name.
Olawaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olawaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olawaye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olawaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 683,026th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Olawaye are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olawaye is also the 951,070th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 99 people.
The last name Olawaye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 423 people, or 1 in 418,777. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 27 percent live, Ondo, where 23 percent live and Lagos, where 19 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
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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 Olawaye
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