Olowoniyan Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olowoniyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olowoniyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1041:1,703,29662,619
England11:55,718,059489,080

Olowoniyan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olowoniyan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Olowoniyan is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olowoniyan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Olowoniyan is the 1,795,579th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Olowoniyan are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria Olowoniyan is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 29 percent live, Kwara, where 21 percent live and Kogi, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Olowoniyan is found in one country. It is also common 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
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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 Olowoniyan
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