Osilowo Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Osilowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Osilowo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
England71:7,959,723202,100

Osilowo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Osilowo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Osilowo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,432,070th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Osilowo is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Osilowo are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Osilowo is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Osilowo is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 46 percent live and Ogun, where 38 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 21 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oshilowo9320/
Ojilowo862/
Oselowo862/
Ojelowo71406/
Ajilowo7125/
Osilova7121/
Aselowo717/
Osilabo711/
Ossilabo679/
Gosilova675/
Ashelowo673/
Hosilova671/
Ashilewo671/
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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 Osilowo
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