Wole Surname
Approximately 7,395 people bear this surname
Wole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,542 | 1:27,540 | 3,358 |
| Nigeria | 2,483 | 1:71,342 | 5,137 |
| Indonesia | 500 | 1:264,498 | 23,945 |
| Ivory Coast | 248 | 1:93,029 | 4,883 |
| Tanzania | 181 | 1:292,495 | 22,657 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| South Africa | 58 | 1:934,098 | 59,404 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Benin | 43 | 1:240,363 | 21,480 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Wole (11,389) may also be a first name.
Wole Demographics
Average Wole Salary in
United States
$38,586 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wole occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wole.
How Common Is The Last Name Wole? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 67,315th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 985,469 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Wole are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 56,121st most common forename globally, held by 11,389 people.
The last name Wole is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 3,542 people, or 1 in 27,540. Besides Ethiopia Wole exists in 37 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 34 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
Wole Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wole has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wole surname rose 250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 170 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wole Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Wole surname is chiefly Christian (91%) in Nigeria.
The amount Wole earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 39.84% less than the national average, earning R 142,968 per year and in United States they earn 10.57% less than the national average, earning $38,586 USD per year.
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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 Wole
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