Omowele Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Omowele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Omowele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1411:1,256,33250,205
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Omowele Last Name Facts

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

Omowele is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Omowele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,310,135th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Omowele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Omowele reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 141 people, or 1 in 1,256,332. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 47 percent reside, Lagos, where 30 percent reside and Oyo, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.

Omowele Last Name Statistics demography

Omowele earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 1914.58% more than the national average, earning R 4,787,410 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Omowle923/
Omoele921/
Omoyele864,850/
Omowole862,349/
Omowale861,018/
Omoiele862/
Omawele861/
Omowela861/
Omoeleh861/
Omobele861/
Homoelle8064/
Omoejele8013/
Omohgele802/
Oomoyele801/
Omoile77274/
Omeile7787/
Omiele7766/
Omojel7723/
Omuele7710/
Amoele778/
Omyele775/
Omaele773/
Omoyle772/
Amowle771/
Omoyel771/
Houmobele751/
Omowealth751/
Emouele71214/
Omojole71116/
Omealey7179/
Omiyele7138/
Omabele7126/
Omoyale7121/
Omojale7113/
Omawale7113/
Omoyeli7111/
Omayele719/
Oumoule719/
Omoyile717/
Omawole717/
Omoyole715/
Omojile714/
Omewole713/
Omojela713/
Omeyele712/
Omiyole712/
Gumoele712/
Umoyele711/
Amouwel711/
Omosvel711/
Omoiile711/
Omojeli711/
Amouele711/
Omubele711/
Omielle711/
Homoile711/
Amawele711/
Amuwele711/
Omowali711/
Omewale711/
Omale6741,092/
Omiel67453/
Omile67310/
Hamuwele67297/
Omeal6735/
Amoyelle6730/
Omealley6726/
O'Mealey6720/
Goumoule6717/
Omeallie6714/
Oummoule6711/
Omoul679/
Emmawele678/
Omyel676/
Oomoyela674/
Omojl673/
Amoel673/
Omeil673/
Omeul672/
Omeel672/
Omaelley671/
Emeuwele671/
Omosuile671/
Omael671/
Gomayele671/
Oumgoule671/
Homoelly671/
Oumeileh671/
Houmoule671/
O'Mealie670/

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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 Omowele
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