Olowolaju Surname
Approximately 543 people bear this surname
Olowolaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 540 | 1:328,042 | 17,952 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Olowolaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olowolaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olowolaju has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olowolaju? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olowolaju is the 578,557th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 13,420,895 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olowolaju reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Olowolaju is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 540 people, or 1 in 328,042. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 48 percent live, Osun, where 18 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria Olowolaju is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Olowolaju
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