Olowo Surname
Approximately 20,220 people bear this surname
Olowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10,820 | 1:16,372 | 1,585 |
| Uganda | 8,645 | 1:4,516 | 817 |
| Benin | 491 | 1:21,050 | 2,817 |
| United States | 95 | 1:3,815,357 | 209,650 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 1:2,320,161 | 139,963 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Olowo (1,486) may also be a first name.
Olowo Demographics
Olowo Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Olowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olowo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Olowo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olowo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olowo is the 26,592nd most widespread last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 360,413 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olowo reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 201,767th most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 1,486 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10,820 people, or 1 in 16,372. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 18 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Kogi, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 43 percent reside and Benin, where 2 percent reside.
Olowo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Olowo last name is predominantly Christian (78%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Olowo last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Olowo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.07% less than the national average, earning 221,261 kr per year and in United States they earn 41.22% more than the national average, earning $60,936 USD per year.
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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 Olowo
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