Owulabi Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Owulabi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Owulabi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria641:2,767,85688,308
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Owulabi (22) may also be a first name.

Owulabi Last Name Facts

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

Owulabi has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Owulabi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owulabi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Owulabi is the 2,372,517th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Owulabi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 22 people.

It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria Owulabi is most prevalent in: Osun, where 27 percent reside, Ekiti, where 25 percent reside and Ogun, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owolabi86126,872/
Ewulabi8689/
Awulabi8642/
Owilabi861/
Owulobi861/
Oowolabi8018/
Owolabii808/
Owoolabi808/
Owollabi806/
Owwolabi806/
Oiwolabi805/
Ouwolabi803/
Owolabui802/
Owolabie802/
Owolaabi801/
Ojwolabi801/
Ohwolabi801/
Aboulabi801/
Oywolabi801/
Oowulobi801/
Owoliabi801/
Owolabiy801/
Howolabi801/
Aboulhabi751/
Awolabi71432/
Owolobi7167/
Awulaba7167/
Owolabe7137/
Abulabi7111/
Owolaba716/
Awulebi711/
Awoulaba672/
Abulaibi671/

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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 Owulabi
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