Owolemi Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Owolemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Owolemi (313) may also be a first name.
Owolemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owolemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Owolemi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owolemi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,511,557th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name Owolemi is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owolemi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Owolemi is also the 496,565th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 313 people.
The last name Owolemi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Owolemi is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 43 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Oyo, where 19 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Owolemi
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