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

Oluwale is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Oluwale click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oluwale? popularity and diffusion

It is the 66,357th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 970,121 people. The last name Oluwale occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oluwale are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oluwale is also the 199,883rd most prevalent given name in the world It is held by 1,511 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 7,497 people, or 1 in 23,628. In Nigeria Oluwale is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 49 percent live, Ogun, where 8 percent live and Imo, where 5 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists 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 primarily 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
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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 Oluwale
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