Olowoselu Surname
Approximately 535 people bear this surname
Olowoselu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 526 | 1:336,773 | 18,331 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olowoselu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olowoselu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olowoselu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olowoselu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olowoselu is the 585,091st most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 13,621,581 people. The last name Olowoselu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olowoselu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 526 people, or 1 in 336,773. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ondo, where 36 percent reside, Ekiti, where 16 percent reside and Osun, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olowoshelu | 95 | 6 | / |
| Olowoseilu | 95 | 3 | / |
| Olwoselu | 94 | 8 | / |
| Olowselu | 94 | 4 | / |
| Olowosulu | 89 | 402 | / |
| Olowosele | 89 | 25 | / |
| Oluwoselu | 89 | 4 | / |
| Olowosilu | 89 | 4 | / |
| Olowaselu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Olowojelu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Olowosile | 78 | 846 | / |
| Olowosale | 78 | 185 | / |
| Olowosola | 78 | 118 | / |
| Olowosule | 78 | 50 | / |
| Oluwosulu | 78 | 6 | / |
| Alowosele | 78 | 6 | / |
| Olowosala | 78 | 3 | / |
| Olowosili | 78 | 1 | / |
| Oolwosulu | 78 | 1 | / |
| Owoloselu | 78 | 1 | / |
| Oluselu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Olosele | 75 | 4 | / |
| Olosulu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Olaselu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Olowoosile | 74 | 29 | / |
| Olowoisale | 74 | 24 | / |
| Olowoisile | 74 | 1 | / |
| Olwosile | 71 | 6 | / |
| Olwosale | 71 | 4 | / |
| Olaoselo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Olsel | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olowo-Isale | 70 | 2 | / |
| Olowo Isale | 70 | 2 | / |
| Oulouseloue | 70 | 1 | / |
| Alowosile | 67 | 183 | / |
| Yolsel | 67 | 22 | / |
| Elosel | 67 | 12 | / |
| Olisel | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oluwosola | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oluwaselo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Olooisale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oluwasela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olsell | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alselu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alwsel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olusel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olowasola | 67 | 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
- 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 Olowoselu
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