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

Woleola is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Woleola.

How Common Is The Last Name Woleola? popularity and diffusion

Woleola is the 560,645th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,875,523 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Woleola reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 235,667th most numerous first name on earth, held by 1,141 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 564 people, or 1 in 314,083. In Nigeria Woleola is most frequent in: Osun, where 34 percent live, Kwara, where 21 percent live and Lagos, where 20 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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