Olawuwo Surname

129,623rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olawuwo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Olawuwo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,4751:50,9763,909
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England21:27,859,030389,889
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Olawuwo (378) may also be a first name.

Olawuwo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olawuwo is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olawuwo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 129,623rd most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,086,926 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Olawuwo live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olawuwo is also the 446,161st most common first name at a global level, held by 378 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,475 people, or 1 in 50,976. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 61 percent reside, Osun, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Olawowo866/
Alawuwo864/
Olowuwo862/
Olobuwo714/
Olowuwa711/
Halawouwa631/
Alawuba5727/
Elewuwa5714/
Olobuwa578/
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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 Olawuwo
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