Olowode Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Olowode Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 190 | 1:932,330 | 40,120 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Olowode (82) may also be a first name.
Olowode Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olowode Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olowode is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olowode? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olowode is the 1,173,425th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. Olowode occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olowode are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olowode is also the 1,060,447th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 82 people.
The last name Olowode is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 190 people, or 1 in 932,330. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 39 percent live, Ogun, where 23 percent live and Oyo, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olowoode | 93 | 8 | / |
| Olowodey | 93 | 1 | / |
| Olowoide | 93 | 1 | / |
| Olawode | 86 | 256 | / |
| Olowude | 86 | 246 | / |
| Alowode | 86 | 43 | / |
| Olobode | 86 | 15 | / |
| Olowodi | 86 | 6 | / |
| Olowade | 86 | 6 | / |
| Olowede | 86 | 4 | / |
| Oluwode | 86 | 3 | / |
| Elowode | 86 | 2 | / |
| Olowoda | 86 | 1 | / |
| Olaboode | 80 | 3 | / |
| Olawoode | 80 | 3 | / |
| Olovoude | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oloobade | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olabode | 71 | 38,662 | / |
| Alawode | 71 | 13,206 | / |
| Olubode | 71 | 5,609 | / |
| Oluwade | 71 | 530 | / |
| Olawade | 71 | 149 | / |
| Elewode | 71 | 133 | / |
| Olobade | 71 | 74 | / |
| Olowuda | 71 | 5 | / |
| Alewode | 71 | 4 | / |
| Olawude | 71 | 2 | / |
| Alobode | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aluwode | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alowade | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elawode | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olabodey | 67 | 5 | / |
| Olabodee | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aalawode | 67 | 4 | / |
| Alaawode | 67 | 4 | / |
| Olaabode | 67 | 2 | / |
| Olabodde | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ollabode | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oloubade | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alawodie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oluwaade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elouwade | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alawotde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olubodee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oolabode | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alawodde | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olabhode | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olabodea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olubodei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Golawade | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Olowode
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