Owolaja Surname
Approximately 123 people bear this surname
Owolaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Owolaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owolaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owolaja is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owolaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,628,521st most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. The last name Owolaja occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Owolaja are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Owolaja is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 42 percent live, Ogun, where 33 percent live and Delta, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awolaja | 86 | 1,934 | / |
| Owoloja | 86 | 496 | / |
| Owolaju | 86 | 94 | / |
| Owolija | 86 | 18 | / |
| Owalaja | 86 | 2 | / |
| Owolaya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owolaje | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owolijah | 80 | 42 | / |
| Owolejah | 80 | 9 | / |
| Awoloaja | 80 | 3 | / |
| Awoslaja | 80 | 3 | / |
| Owolojat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owolai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Owoloa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Obalaja | 71 | 307 | / |
| Owolaye | 71 | 199 | / |
| Awolaju | 71 | 168 | / |
| Owolayo | 71 | 39 | / |
| Awolaya | 71 | 18 | / |
| Owolawe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Owoolae | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owoloje | 71 | 5 | / |
| Awoloja | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owoloya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Awoluja | 71 | 3 | / |
| Obolaji | 71 | 3 | / |
| Owualaa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Awolaji | 71 | 2 | / |
| Awolaje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Avoolaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owoylea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Abolaja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owolojo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obolaje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awoulaha | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aboolaji | 67 | 9 | / |
| Owallaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gowalaji | 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
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- 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 Owolaja
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