Owolbi Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owolbi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owolbi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria261:6,813,183158,601
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
England11:55,718,059489,080

Owolbi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owolbi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Owolbi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Owolbi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Owolbi are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Owolbi is mostly found in: Osun, where 31 percent reside, Oyo, where 31 percent reside and Kwara, where 23 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 4 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awolbi831/
Awolbe672/
Ubolbi671/
Awalbi671/
Awulbi671/
Awoulbe62298/
Awalbai621/
Awulba5026/
Awulbe5010/
Ovelby501/
Abolvi501/
Awalba501/
Abulbi501/

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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 Owolbi
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