Olovba Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olovba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Olovba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
England11:55,718,059489,080

Olovba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olovba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Olovba occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olovba? popularity and diffusion

Olovba is the 3,485,539th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Olovba are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 87 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Beside Nigeria Olovba exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olobua836/
Olobuah7718/
Golobba773/
Golovva771/
Olobuha771/
Oluobua771/
Oluobuah715/
Olofua67119/
Alobba67118/
Alobwa673/
Alovwa672/
Olobbo671/
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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 Olovba
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