Opaluwa Surname

124,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,655 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Opaluwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opaluwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,6281:48,8273,757
England111:5,065,278148,650
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Opaluwa (505) may also be a first name.

Opaluwa Last Name Facts

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

Opaluwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Opaluwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 124,685th most common last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,993,857 people. The surname Opaluwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Opaluwa reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Opaluwa is also the 376,889th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 505 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,628 people, or 1 in 48,827. In Nigeria Opaluwa is mostly found in: Kogi, where 69 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Opaluwa Last Name Statistics demography

Opaluwa earn notably more than the average income. In Canada they earn 17.09% more than the national average, earning $58,174 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opaluwah9361/
Opalluwa934/
Apaluwa8674/
Opeluwa8652/
Epaluwa864/
Opoluwa863/
Opaluwe861/
Opoeluwa804/
Opeluwah801/
Apeluwa7111/
Opalowo712/
Apaluba711/
Apalowo572,011/
Epaliva571/
Apalieva5327/
Opolowei531/
Apailieva501/

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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 Opaluwa
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