Olawolu Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Olawolu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olawolu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3651:485,32324,356
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Olawolu (19) may also be a first name.

Olawolu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olawolu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Olawolu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olawolu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 761,666th most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. The surname Olawolu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Olawolu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most numerous forename in the world, held by 19 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 485,323. In Nigeria Olawolu is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 49 percent live, Lagos, where 27 percent live and Oyo, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Olawolu Last Name Statistics demography

Olawolu earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 181.49% more than the national average, earning $121,458 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
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  • 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 Olawolu
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