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 is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Olowole.
How Common Is The Last Name Olowole? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 438,351st most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,319,112 people. The last name Olowole 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. It is also the 1,282,666th most frequent first name on earth, held by 59 people.
The last name Olowole is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 778 people, or 1 in 227,690. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 59 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Ogun, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common 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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