Orowole Surname
Approximately 1,035 people bear this surname
Orowole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,016 | 1:174,353 | 10,780 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Orowole (2,335) may also be a first name.
Orowole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orowole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orowole occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orowole? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orowole is the 352,108th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,041,107 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Orowole reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orowole is also the 153,942nd most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 2,335 people.
Orowole is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,016 people, or 1 in 174,353. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 48 percent live, Osun, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orowol | 92 | 1 | / |
| Orowale | 86 | 516 | / |
| Orewole | 86 | 409 | / |
| Arowole | 86 | 78 | / |
| Orowola | 86 | 32 | / |
| Erowole | 86 | 8 | / |
| Oruwole | 86 | 2 | / |
| Orowele | 86 | 2 | / |
| Orawole | 86 | 2 | / |
| Oroooowole | 82 | 1 | / |
| Arowoile | 80 | 54 | / |
| Oorewole | 80 | 4 | / |
| Orowuola | 80 | 3 | / |
| Arowolle | 80 | 3 | / |
| Oyrewole | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gorowale | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oroowale | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orohwele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ohrowele | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arowol | 77 | 5 | / |
| Arowele | 71 | 520 | / |
| Arawole | 71 | 431 | / |
| Orewale | 71 | 149 | / |
| Arewole | 71 | 104 | / |
| Orewele | 71 | 56 | / |
| Urowoli | 71 | 32 | / |
| Erowele | 71 | 28 | / |
| Arowola | 71 | 13 | / |
| Erewole | 71 | 8 | / |
| Arowale | 71 | 5 | / |
| Arowoli | 71 | 4 | / |
| Oruwale | 71 | 2 | / |
| Garowol | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arowold | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orawale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Erawole | 71 | 1 | / |
| Erowoli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arowoola | 67 | 7 | / |
| Horowala | 67 | 7 | / |
| Orovolai | 67 | 5 | / |
| Horowali | 67 | 4 | / |
| Arawoles | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aarewole | 67 | 3 | / |
| Arowolya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orouwala | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aroewele | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Orowole
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