Olubola Surname

512,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 637 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olubola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olubola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6351:278,96515,777
England21:27,859,030389,889

Olubola (2,142) may also be a first name.

Olubola Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olubola is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Olubola.

How Common Is The Last Name Olubola? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 512,799th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 11,440,417 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olubola live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 162,209th most frequently used first name globally, held by 2,142 people.

Olubola is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 635 people, or 1 in 278,965. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 64 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Ekiti, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Olubola is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live.

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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 Olubola
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