Olowonyo Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olowonyo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olowonyo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2471:717,17732,914
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Olowonyo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olowonyo is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olowonyo? popularity and diffusion

Olowonyo is the 930,678th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olowonyo are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 717,177. In Nigeria Olowonyo is mostly found in: Lagos, where 42 percent live, Ogun, where 24 percent live and Oyo, where 15 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olowounyo941/
Olowonjo8840/
Olobonyo883/
Olowonya881/
Oluwunyo752/
Holowanya719/
Golovanyo711/
Olubanyo636/
Olabanyo632/
Olubonjio592/
Olovania501/
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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 Olowonyo
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