Olowoye Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Olowoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olowoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olowoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olowoye is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olowoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,181,191st most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Olowoye are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 984,126. In Nigeria Olowoye is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 27 percent reside, Osun, where 15 percent reside and Ondo, where 14 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 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
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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