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
Orowole is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orowole? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 352,108th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 7,041,107 people. Orowole 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. It is also the 153,942nd most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 2,335 people.
The surname Orowole is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,016 people, or 1 in 174,353. In Nigeria Orowole is mostly found in: Ondo, where 48 percent reside, Osun, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
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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