Oliwo Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Oliwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 332 | 1:533,563 | 26,209 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oliwo (19) may also be a first name.
Oliwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oliwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oliwo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oliwo? popularity and diffusion
Oliwo is the 827,165th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oliwo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 19 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 533,563. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 43 percent are found and Oyo, where 3 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliewo | 91 | 203 | / |
| Olaiwo | 91 | 9 | / |
| Oluiwo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Goliwoi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Olivo | 80 | 69,377 | / |
| Oliwa | 80 | 3,100 | / |
| Oluwo | 80 | 2,643 | / |
| Eliwo | 80 | 717 | / |
| Olibo | 80 | 328 | / |
| Aliwo | 80 | 314 | / |
| Olewo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Holiwood | 77 | 2 | / |
| Olivos | 73 | 19,464 | / |
| Ollivo | 73 | 80 | / |
| Oluiwa | 73 | 50 | / |
| Aliowo | 73 | 45 | / |
| Olivot | 73 | 37 | / |
| Olaibo | 73 | 34 | / |
| Aliwou | 73 | 22 | / |
| Alihwo | 73 | 9 | / |
| Oluwuo | 73 | 9 | / |
| Holiwa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Oliboi | 73 | 3 | / |
| Holivo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oluwoo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Holibo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aliewo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oliovo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Olivoz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olojwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oluibo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oliwah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olaiwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oliuwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ollibo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olivoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olejwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oluwoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oleewo | 73 | 1 | / |
| D'Olivo | 67 | 276 | / |
| Oulibou | 67 | 111 | / |
| Ollivot | 67 | 52 | / |
| Eliwhuo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Oloiboo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Holaibo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aliuhwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aliuwho | 67 | 4 | / |
| Olichwa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oluijbo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Goliwah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oleiboi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aliowoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goliouo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Galihwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Holivos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aliwoit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eleiwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houliwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Holliwa | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Oliwo
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