Owola Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Owola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Owola (17) may also be a first name.
Owola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owola is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owola? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owola is the 2,237,939th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Owola reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name globally, held by 17 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 46 percent live, Ogun, where 13 percent live and Osun, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent live and Kenya, where 15 percent live.
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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 Owola
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