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 surname Olouwa is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olouwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Olouwa occurs predominantly 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 used first name on earth, borne by 260 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin Olouwa is mostly found in: Borgou Department, where 25 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 25 percent reside and Zou Department, where 25 percent reside. Not including Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 17 percent reside.
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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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