Olowoyo Surname

78,256th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olowoyo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olowoyo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6,1091:28,9972,452
England611:913,41146,955
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Olowoyo (237) may also be a first name.

Olowoyo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olowoyo occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olowoyo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 78,256th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,167,315 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olowoyo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 581,650th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 237 people.

The surname Olowoyo is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,109 people, or 1 in 28,997. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 37 percent are found, Osun, where 17 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Olowoyo occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Olowoyo Last Name Statistics demography

Olowoyo earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.65% less than the national average, earning $40,712 USD per year.

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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 Olowoyo
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