Oluavu Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Oluavu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Oluavu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oluavu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oluavu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oluavu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oluavu is the 3,730,171st most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Oluavu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Oluavu are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 96 percent reside and Kaduna, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Oluavu occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 11 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
- 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 Oluavu
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