Owoloye Surname
Approximately 555 people bear this surname
Owoloye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 553 | 1:320,330 | 17,617 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Owoloye (71) may also be a first name.
Owoloye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owoloye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Owoloye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owoloye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 568,972nd most common family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 13,130,713 people. The surname Owoloye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Owoloye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 71 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 553 people, or 1 in 320,330. In Nigeria Owoloye is mostly found in: Ondo, where 59 percent reside, Lagos, where 22 percent reside and Ekiti, where 5 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owolye | 92 | 2 | / |
| Owolujoye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Owolaye | 86 | 199 | / |
| Owoleye | 86 | 197 | / |
| Owaloye | 86 | 123 | / |
| Awoloye | 86 | 41 | / |
| Owoloyi | 86 | 14 | / |
| Owoloya | 86 | 5 | / |
| Owoloje | 86 | 5 | / |
| Owoloie | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ewoloye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owoloyo | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owolowe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Owolaiye | 80 | 59 | / |
| Awolooye | 80 | 19 | / |
| Awuoloye | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ojuoloye | 80 | 3 | / |
| Awoloeye | 80 | 2 | / |
| Owoloa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owoloi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Owolou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Awolujoye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Awoleye | 71 | 4,775 | / |
| Owoloja | 71 | 496 | / |
| Aboloye | 71 | 210 | / |
| Owalaye | 71 | 101 | / |
| Owaleye | 71 | 61 | / |
| Obaloye | 71 | 50 | / |
| Owoluyi | 71 | 46 | / |
| Awolaye | 71 | 43 | / |
| Owolayo | 71 | 39 | / |
| Awoloyo | 71 | 38 | / |
| Owolawe | 71 | 8 | / |
| Oboloje | 71 | 6 | / |
| Owoleyi | 71 | 6 | / |
| Owoolae | 71 | 5 | / |
| Awoliye | 71 | 5 | / |
| Awoloyi | 71 | 4 | / |
| Owaloya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Owoulou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Owolaei | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ewaloye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Obuloye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Owolaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owoylea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aweloye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owelyie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awoloya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gawolye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Obolaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owolaje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owolojo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Owolejah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Awolaiye | 67 | 7 | / |
| Owalaiye | 67 | 3 | / |
| Awoleyee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awotleye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awoulaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouwaleye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owolojat | 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 Owoloye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis