Owolawi Surname
Approximately 1,153 people bear this surname
Owolawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,111 | 1:159,444 | 10,011 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owolawi (33) may also be a first name.
Owolawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owolawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owolawi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Owolawi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Owolawi is the 323,367th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,320,508 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Owolawi reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owolawi is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 33 people.
The surname Owolawi is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,111 people, or 1 in 159,444. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 28 percent are found, Osun, where 22 percent are found and Ondo, where 17 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owolawe | 86 | 8 | / |
| Owolawa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Owulawi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owolavi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owoolabi | 80 | 8 | / |
| Owolabii | 80 | 8 | / |
| Owwolabi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Oiwolabi | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ouwolabi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Owolabui | 80 | 2 | / |
| Owuolabi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Owoilabi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ojwolabi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ohwolabi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owolabiy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owoliabi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oywolabi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Owolewe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Obolabi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Awolawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owolowe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ouwalabi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awoulawa | 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
- 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 Owolawi
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