Orowale Surname
Approximately 516 people bear this surname
Orowale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 502 | 1:352,874 | 19,032 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Orowale (52) may also be a first name.
Orowale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orowale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orowale occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orowale? popularity and diffusion
It is the 601,907th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,123,151 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Orowale reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orowale is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 52 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 502 people, or 1 in 352,874. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 35 percent reside, Osun, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 15 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorowale | 93 | 2 | / |
| Oroowale | 93 | 1 | / |
| Orowole | 86 | 1,035 | / |
| Orewale | 86 | 149 | / |
| Arowale | 86 | 5 | / |
| Oruwale | 86 | 2 | / |
| Orowele | 86 | 2 | / |
| Orawale | 86 | 1 | / |
| Horowala | 80 | 7 | / |
| Horowali | 80 | 4 | / |
| Orohwele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ohrowele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orouwala | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oroval | 77 | 118 | / |
| Orobal | 77 | 101 | / |
| Orawal | 77 | 39 | / |
| Arowal | 77 | 16 | / |
| Orowol | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arowele | 71 | 520 | / |
| Orewole | 71 | 409 | / |
| Arowole | 71 | 78 | / |
| Orewele | 71 | 56 | / |
| Orevale | 71 | 34 | / |
| Orawala | 71 | 32 | / |
| Orowola | 71 | 32 | / |
| Erowele | 71 | 28 | / |
| Arawale | 71 | 16 | / |
| Arewale | 71 | 8 | / |
| Erowole | 71 | 8 | / |
| Oruwala | 71 | 4 | / |
| Garowal | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oruwole | 71 | 2 | / |
| Goroval | 71 | 2 | / |
| Orawole | 71 | 2 | / |
| Arobale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oroooowole | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orabale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oroybal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oravale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goravale | 67 | 86 | / |
| Arowoile | 67 | 54 | / |
| Goruvale | 67 | 47 | / |
| Oroville | 67 | 5 | / |
| Herewale | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oorewole | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oyrewole | 67 | 3 | / |
| Arowolle | 67 | 3 | / |
| Orowuola | 67 | 3 | / |
| Horawala | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aurrowal | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orrabale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aroewele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arowaili | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horabale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orabhale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Harowala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oroibali | 67 | 0 | / |
| Oroivali | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Orowale
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