Olawore Surname

96,394th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,934 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olawore Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olawore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,8731:36,3522,940
England291:1,921,31276,208
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Olawore (261) may also be a first name.

Olawore Last Name Facts

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

Olawore is found most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olawore? popularity and diffusion

Olawore is the 96,394th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,477,006 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olawore reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olawore is also the 550,922nd most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 261 people.

The surname Olawore is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,873 people, or 1 in 36,352. In Nigeria Olawore is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 33 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Osun, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Olawore Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (63%) in Nigeria.

Olawore earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.18% less than the national average, earning $30,556 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 Olawore
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