Orowale Surname

601,907th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 516 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orowale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orowale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5021:352,87419,032
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

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 is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orowale? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 601,907th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Orowale are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orowale is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 52 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 502 people, or 1 in 352,874. In Nigeria Orowale is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 35 percent live, Osun, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gorowale932/
Oroowale931/
Orowole861,035/
Orewale86149/
Arowale865/
Oruwale862/
Orowele862/
Orawale861/
Horowala807/
Horowali804/
Orohwele801/
Ohrowele801/
Orouwala801/
Oroval77118/
Orobal77101/
Orawal7739/
Arowal7716/
Orowol771/
Arowele71520/
Orewole71409/
Arowole7178/
Orewele7156/
Orevale7134/
Orawala7132/
Orowola7132/
Erowele7128/
Arawale7116/
Arewale718/
Erowole718/
Oruwala714/
Garowal713/
Oruwole712/
Goroval712/
Orawole712/
Arobale711/
Oroooowole711/
Orabale711/
Oroybal711/
Oravale711/
Goravale6786/
Arowoile6754/
Goruvale6747/
Oroville675/
Herewale674/
Oorewole674/
Oyrewole673/
Arowolle673/
Orowuola673/
Horawala673/
Aurrowal671/
Orrabale671/
Aroewele671/
Arowaili671/
Horabale671/
Orabhale671/
Harowala671/
Oroibali670/
Oroivali670/

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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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