Olouwa Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Olouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Olouwa (260) may also be a first name.
Olouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olouwa occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olouwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Olouwa live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 552,051st most commonly held first name in the world, held by 260 people.
This last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 25 percent live, Plateau Department, where 25 percent live and Zou Department, where 25 percent live. Other than Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 17 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
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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 Olouwa
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