Oluwafemi Surname
Approximately 31,692 people bear this surname
Oluwafemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31,434 | 1:5,635 | 705 |
| United States | 89 | 1:4,072,572 | 219,877 |
| England | 84 | 1:663,310 | 38,317 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Oluwafemi (80,815) may also be a first name.
Oluwafemi Demographics
Oluwafemi Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Oluwafemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oluwafemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oluwafemi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oluwafemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,479th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 229,949 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oluwafemi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 12,241st most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 80,815 people.
The last name Oluwafemi is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 31,434 people, or 1 in 5,635. In Nigeria Oluwafemi is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 27 percent are found, Ondo, where 17 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Oluwafemi is found in 27 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Oluwafemi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Oluwafemi last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Oluwafemi earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 13.6% more than the national average, earning $49,019 USD per year and in Canada they earn 56.75% less than the national average, earning $21,486 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oluuwafemi | 95 | 7 | / |
| Olauwafemi | 95 | 5 | / |
| Olouwafemi | 95 | 4 | / |
| Oluiwafemi | 95 | 4 | / |
| Oluwaefemi | 95 | 3 | / |
| Ooluwafemi | 95 | 3 | / |
| Oluweafemi | 95 | 2 | / |
| Holuwafemi | 95 | 1 | / |
| Oluwwafemi | 95 | 1 | / |
| Oluwasfemi | 95 | 1 | / |
| Oleuwafemi | 95 | 1 | / |
| Olluwafemi | 95 | 1 | / |
| Olowafemi | 89 | 31 | / |
| Oluwefemi | 89 | 7 | / |
| Oluwafami | 89 | 3 | / |
| Uluwafemi | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oluwafeme | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oliwafemi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oluwafomi | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oluwaphemi | 84 | 5 | / |
| Olowofemi | 78 | 6 | / |
| Oluwafime | 78 | 5 | / |
| Oluwaphemmy | 70 | 2 | / |
| Holuwaphemmy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Holuwahphemmy | 64 | 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
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- 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 Oluwafemi
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