Opaluwah Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Opaluwah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Opaluwah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria571:3,107,76895,628
England41:13,929,515290,718

Opaluwah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Opaluwah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Opaluwah.

How Common Is The Last Name Opaluwah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,460,878th most widely held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Opaluwah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Opaluwah are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Opaluwah is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 3,107,768. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 39 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 21 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opaluwa933,655/
Opalluwa884/
Opeluwah881/
Apaluwa8074/
Opeluwa8052/
Epaluwa804/
Opoluwa803/
Opoeluwa754/
Apeluwa6711/
Opalowo672/
Apaluba671/
Apalowo532,011/
Epaliva531/
Apalieva5027/
Opolowei501/
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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 Opaluwah
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