Olowole Surname
Approximately 782 people bear this surname
Olowole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 778 | 1:227,690 | 13,365 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Olowole (59) may also be a first name.
Olowole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olowole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olowole occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Olowole.
How Common Is The Last Name Olowole? popularity and diffusion
Olowole is the 438,351st most common family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 9,319,112 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olowole are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olowole is also the 1,282,666th most commonly used forename throughout the world, held by 59 people.
Olowole is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 778 people, or 1 in 227,690. In Nigeria Olowole is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 59 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Ogun, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Olowole is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent reside and Norway, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Olowole
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