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
The last name Olawi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Olawi.
How Common Is The Last Name Olawi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Olawi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Olawi are found; 47 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 18 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Olawi is most prevalent in: Abia, where 50 percent reside and Ondo, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Olawi exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, 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 Olawi
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