Olawode Surname
Approximately 256 people bear this surname
Olawode Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 252 | 1:702,947 | 32,409 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Olawode (80) may also be a first name.
Olawode Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olawode Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olawode occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olawode? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 998,609th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name Olawode occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olawode reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most common first name worldwide, borne by 80 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 252 people, or 1 in 702,947. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 25 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Ekiti, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olawoode | 93 | 3 | / |
| Olabode | 86 | 38,662 | / |
| Alawode | 86 | 13,206 | / |
| Olowode | 86 | 203 | / |
| Olawade | 86 | 149 | / |
| Olawude | 86 | 2 | / |
| Elawode | 86 | 1 | / |
| Alawoode | 80 | 44 | / |
| Olowoode | 80 | 8 | / |
| Olabodey | 80 | 5 | / |
| Alaawode | 80 | 4 | / |
| Aalawode | 80 | 4 | / |
| Olabodee | 80 | 4 | / |
| Olaboode | 80 | 3 | / |
| Olaabode | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ollabode | 80 | 2 | / |
| Olabodde | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oleabode | 80 | 2 | / |
| Alawodie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Golawade | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alawodde | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olowodey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olabodea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olabhode | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oolabode | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alawotde | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olowoide | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alawoudeh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Olowude | 71 | 246 | / |
| Alabode | 71 | 152 | / |
| Elewode | 71 | 133 | / |
| Olabade | 71 | 102 | / |
| Olobade | 71 | 74 | / |
| Alowode | 71 | 43 | / |
| Alawade | 71 | 24 | / |
| Alawude | 71 | 21 | / |
| Olobode | 71 | 15 | / |
| Alawoda | 71 | 8 | / |
| Olowodi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Olowade | 71 | 6 | / |
| Olabodi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Olabude | 71 | 5 | / |
| Olowede | 71 | 4 | / |
| Elawade | 71 | 4 | / |
| Alewode | 71 | 4 | / |
| Elawody | 71 | 4 | / |
| Alawede | 71 | 2 | / |
| Elowode | 71 | 2 | / |
| Alawodi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Olavoda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olawudi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olowoda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Golavade | 67 | 18 | / |
| Allabode | 67 | 11 | / |
| Elawadey | 67 | 9 | / |
| Galawade | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gulawade | 67 | 5 | / |
| Helawade | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oloubade | 67 | 2 | / |
| Holavade | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alabodee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alawadie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Allawade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olavadez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olovoude | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oloobade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alabodei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Algawade | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Olawode
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis