Oluwale Surname

66,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,512 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oluwale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oluwale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7,4971:23,6282,080
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Oluwale (1,511) may also be a first name.

Oluwale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oluwale is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oluwale? popularity and diffusion

Oluwale is the 66,357th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 970,121 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oluwale reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oluwale is also the 199,883rd most numerous given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,511 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 7,497 people, or 1 in 23,628. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 49 percent live, Ogun, where 8 percent live and Imo, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Oluwale Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (82%) in Nigeria.

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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 Oluwale
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