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 surname Owola is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Owola? popularity and diffusion
Owola is the 2,237,939th most widespread last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Owola live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 17 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria Owola is most common in: Ekiti, where 46 percent are found, Ogun, where 13 percent are found and Osun, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Owola is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 17 percent are found and Kenya, where 15 percent are found.
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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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