Olouwole Surname
Approximately 773 people bear this surname
Olouwole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 758 | 1:13,635 | 1,858 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Olouwôle (5) are calculated separately.
Olouwole (147) may also be a first name.
Olouwole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olouwole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olouwole occurs most in Benin. It may appear in the variant forms: Olouwôle. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olouwole? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 442,270th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 9,427,614 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olouwole live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olouwole is also the 760,591st most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 147 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 758 people, or 1 in 13,635. In Benin Olouwole is most prevalent in: Plateau Department, where 91 percent are found, Zou Department, where 5 percent are found and Collines Department, where 2 percent are found. Without taking into account Benin this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Olouwole
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