Olowosale Surname
Approximately 185 people bear this surname
Olowosale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 168 | 1:1,054,421 | 44,098 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olowosale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olowosale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olowosale occurs most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Olowosale click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olowosale? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,248,410th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. The surname Olowosale occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Olowosale are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 1,054,421. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 57 percent live, Ogun, where 39 percent live and Osun, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria Olowosale is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olowoisale | 95 | 24 | / |
| Olowosele | 89 | 25 | / |
| Olowosala | 89 | 3 | / |
| Olowoshile | 84 | 205 | / |
| Olowoshele | 84 | 1 | / |
| Olowosola | 78 | 118 | / |
| Alowosele | 78 | 6 | / |
| Alowoshile | 74 | 34 | / |
| Olowoshola | 74 | 23 | / |
| Oluwosola | 67 | 3 | / |
| Olowasola | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olouwasola | 63 | 1 | / |
| Oluwoshola | 63 | 1 | / |
| Alowoshola | 63 | 1 | / |
| Olouwashola | 60 | 1 | / |
| Alovoseli | 56 | 26 | / |
| Oluwasole | 56 | 4 | / |
| Oluwashole | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Olowosale
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