Owolaju Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Owolaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 92 | 1:1,925,465 | 68,462 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Owolaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owolaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owolaju is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owolaju? popularity and diffusion
The surname Owolaju is the 1,918,812th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Owolaju are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 1,925,465. In Nigeria Owolaju is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 50 percent live, Oyo, where 30 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awolaju | 86 | 168 | / |
| Owolaja | 86 | 123 | / |
| Owoloju | 86 | 3 | / |
| Owolaje | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owolai | 77 | 7 | / |
| Owolou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owoloa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awolaja | 71 | 1,934 | / |
| Owoloja | 71 | 496 | / |
| Owolaye | 71 | 199 | / |
| Owoluyi | 71 | 46 | / |
| Owolayo | 71 | 39 | / |
| Owolija | 71 | 18 | / |
| Owolawe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Owoloje | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owoolae | 71 | 5 | / |
| Owoloya | 71 | 5 | / |
| Obolaji | 71 | 3 | / |
| Owoulou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Owalaja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Awolaji | 71 | 2 | / |
| Owoylea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awoloju | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obolaje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awolaje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owolaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owolojo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owolijah | 67 | 42 | / |
| Owolejah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aboolaji | 67 | 9 | / |
| Obolloju | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awoslaja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awoloaja | 67 | 3 | / |
| Owolojat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gowalaji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oballaju | 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 Owolaju
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