Olawi Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Olawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Olawi (18) may also be a first name.
Olawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olawi is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olawi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Olawi occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Olawi live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most common given name on earth It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Olawi is mostly found in: Abia, where 50 percent live and Ondo, where 50 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and Uganda, where 13 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 Olawi
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