Woleola Surname

560,645th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Woleola Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Woleola Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5641:314,08317,382
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Woleola (1,141) may also be a first name.

Woleola Last Name Facts

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

The surname Woleola is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Woleola? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 560,645th most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,875,523 people. The surname Woleola occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Woleola live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 235,667th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 1,141 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 564 people, or 1 in 314,083. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Osun, where 34 percent reside, Kwara, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 20 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Woleola exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolleola931/
Woleeola931/
Waleola86802/
Woleala861/
Wolayiola754/
Baleola714/
Waleole712/
Waleoli711/
Balehola6771/
Bolehala6727/
Bolojula6718/
Woljoloh677/
Waleolou672/
Walehala671/
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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 Woleola
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