Owolafe Surname
Approximately 1,046 people bear this surname
Owolafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,039 | 1:170,494 | 10,559 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Owolafe (51) may also be a first name.
Owolafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owolafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owolafe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owolafe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 349,113th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,967,061 people. Owolafe occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owolafe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held given name internationally, held by 51 people.
Owolafe is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,039 people, or 1 in 170,494. In Nigeria Owolafe is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 46 percent live, Ekiti, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Owolafe is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 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 Owolafe
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