Omitola Surname

392,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 902 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omitola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omitola Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8761:202,21812,101
England221:2,532,63991,802
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Omitola (68) may also be a first name.

Omitola Last Name Facts

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

Omitola occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Omitola? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 392,160th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 8,079,319 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Omitola are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 68 people.

It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 876 people, or 1 in 202,218. In Nigeria Omitola is most common in: Oyo, where 30 percent live, Ogun, where 27 percent live and Lagos, where 22 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oomitola935/
Emitola86131/
Amitola864/
Omutola862/
Gomitolo8075/
Gomitoli808/
Amistola805/
Emitolia801/
Amitoelau7515/
Amitala7165/
Amitoli7126/
Omutolo715/
Emetola712/
Ometela711/
Amitolo711/
Ummitala674/
Amestola671/
Amituoli671/
Umitalat671/
Hemetola671/
Umitalla671/
Amithala671/
Hamitula671/

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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 Omitola
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