Oyawole Surname
Approximately 805 people bear this surname
Oyawole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 792 | 1:223,665 | 13,174 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oyawole (39) may also be a first name.
Oyawole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oyawole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oyawole is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oyawole? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oyawole is the 428,665th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,052,852 people. Oyawole occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oyawole live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oyawole is also the 1,637,361st most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 39 people.
The last name Oyawole is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 792 people, or 1 in 223,665. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Osun, where 26 percent live, Oyo, where 23 percent live and Ogun, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
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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 Oyawole
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