Olawole Surname
Approximately 10,895 people bear this surname
Olawole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10,623 | 1:16,675 | 1,607 |
| United States | 84 | 1:4,314,987 | 229,510 |
| England | 81 | 1:687,877 | 39,238 |
| Benin | 79 | 1:130,830 | 14,100 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Olawolé (2) are calculated separately.
Olawole (5,476) may also be a first name.
Olawole Demographics
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Olawole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olawole Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olawole is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Olawolé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olawole? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olawole is the 47,493rd most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 668,889 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olawole are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olawole is also the 90,779th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 5,476 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10,623 people, or 1 in 16,675. In Nigeria Olawole is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 22 percent live, Osun, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Olawole Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Olawole last name is primarily Christian (83%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Olawole last name are 25.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.73% being registered to vote for the political party.
Olawole earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.32% less than the national average, earning $36,106 USD per year.
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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 Olawole
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