Orebowale Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orebowale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orebowale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
England21:27,859,030389,889

Orebowale (32) may also be a first name.

Orebowale Last Name Facts

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

Orebowale occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orebowale? popularity and diffusion

The surname Orebowale is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Orebowale reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orebowale is also the 1,840,253rd most widespread forename internationally, borne by 32 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 60 percent live and Lagos, where 33 percent live. Other than Nigeria Orebowale exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oryebowale954/
Erebowale8932/
Orobowale8931/
Irebowale894/
Orebal809/
Orbale801/
Erebowala782/
Arabowale782/
Irabowale781/
Oribale758/
Orebele753/
Orbiale753/
Arebole752/
Orepale751/
Orebile751/
Orabale751/
Yorebele714/
Orbal713/
Orbol712/
Arrebole711/
Orrabale711/
Oruebele711/
Yorabole711/
Orabhale711/
Orble710/
Arbole67280/
Aourhebal67170/
Oribaloye67157/
Oraple67149/
Orobal67101/
Oribal6773/
Arbale6772/
Orbeal6769/
Oribolawa6756/
Orepol6723/
Arrebolle6718/
Arebal6716/
Erebal6715/
Arebol677/
Iorbalegh676/
Oropal674/
Ourbal673/
Orbleu672/
Orbala672/
Erebholoe672/
Orbule671/
Orbele671/
Oruboluye671/
Yorble671/
Arowopale671/
Erbole671/
Areble670/

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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 Orebowale
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