Olewale Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Olewale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 138 | 1:59,085 | 7,566 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Olewale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olewale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olewale has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olewale? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,434,893rd most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Olewale occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Olewale live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most commonly held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 59,085. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western, where 54 percent live, National Capital District, where 33 percent live and Central, where 3 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Olewale
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