Ola Forename
2,101st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 481,617 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Palestine
Ola Forename Definition:
A Hebrew name, meaning: Eternity.
Ola Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 144,617 | 1:635 | 114 |
| Poland | 100% | 69,505 | 1:547 | 106 |
| Nigeria | 76% | 44,788 | 1:3,965 | 694 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 34,620 | 1:890 | 153 |
| Syria | - | 28,937 | 1:667 | 120 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25,582 | 1:1,478 | 277 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24,758 | 1:1,414 | 314 |
| Yemen | - | 23,719 | 1:1,109 | 190 |
| United States | 94% | 16,902 | 1:21,449 | 1,682 |
| Jordan | 100% | 15,522 | 1:569 | 148 |
| Palestine | 95% | 10,074 | 1:452 | 109 |
| Norway | 100% | 9,590 | 1:535 | 143 |
| Sweden | 97% | 9,182 | 1:1,074 | 186 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5,327 | 1:1,056 | 225 |
| England | 87% | 2,794 | 1:19,901 | 1,268 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,007 | 1:128,532 | 13,744 |
| India | 52% | 1,564 | 1:776,776 | 54,912 |
| Russia | 98% | 1,460 | 1:98,790 | 1,886 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,263 | 1:26,234 | 2,187 |
| Gambia | - | 1,230 | 1:1,566 | 270 |
| Ghana | - | 843 | 1:32,012 | 2,007 |
| Togo | - | 659 | 1:10,985 | 1,550 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 641 | 1:11,158 | 1,226 |
| Benin | 100% | 446 | 1:23,713 | 2,400 |
| Vietnam | 69% | 412 | 1:224,813 | 1,385 |
| Kuwait | - | 389 | 1:9,731 | 1,171 |
| Morocco | 100% | 328 | 1:104,721 | 3,418 |
| Netherlands | 74% | 288 | 1:58,688 | 3,783 |
| Germany | 84% | 260 | 1:371,838 | 4,415 |
| Finland | 91% | 243 | 1:22,565 | 1,181 |
| Bahrain | - | 237 | 1:5,691 | 904 |
| Belarus | 93% | 209 | 1:45,370 | 601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 81% | 184 | 1:44,306 | 4,305 |
| Oman | 100% | 181 | 1:22,700 | 1,816 |
| Thailand | 71% | 172 | 1:407,359 | 20,615 |
| Portugal | - | 166 | 1:62,716 | 2,006 |
| Philippines | 55% | 153 | 1:692,872 | 21,002 |
| Georgia | 99% | 130 | 1:28,757 | 1,748 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 129 | 1:1,506,649 | 22,846 |
| Nepal | 61% | 124 | 1:229,737 | 9,314 |
| Albania | 100% | 123 | 1:24,769 | 2,916 |
| Kazakhstan | 60% | 118 | 1:150,397 | 3,855 |
| Denmark | - | 113 | 1:49,996 | 1,913 |
| Ireland | 90% | 112 | 1:41,460 | 1,467 |
| South Africa | 75% | 102 | 1:534,634 | 25,005 |
| Scotland | 86% | 89 | 1:60,116 | 1,760 |
| France | 70% | 77 | 1:863,251 | 7,248 |
| Australia | - | 75 | 1:182,102 | 4,839 |
| Brazil | 60% | 70 | 1:3,060,516 | 56,278 |
| New Zealand | - | 67 | 1:67,702 | 3,311 |
| Liberia | 70% | 63 | 1:70,033 | 3,355 |
| Latvia | 100% | 57 | 1:35,362 | 1,187 |
| Malaysia | 69% | 52 | 1:585,576 | 24,305 |
| Estonia | 100% | 49 | 1:26,844 | 2,029 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 44 | 1:741,444 | 10,471 |
| DR Congo | 60% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Switzerland | 68% | 39 | 1:210,602 | 4,800 |
| Spain | - | 38 | 1:1,224,473 | 9,456 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| China | - | 30 | 1:45,535,193 | 62,023 |
| Belgium | 50% | 29 | 1:396,208 | 7,054 |
| Italy | 74% | 29 | 1:2,105,589 | 14,372 |
| Niger | 63% | 24 | 1:799,333 | 13,611 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 24 | 1:56,726 | 4,855 |
| Czechia | 94% | 21 | 1:507,436 | 2,515 |
| Iran | - | 17 | 1:4,617,463 | 18,600 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Austria | 100% | 15 | 1:567,613 | 5,057 |
| Greenland | - | 14 | 1:4,026 | 570 |
| Mexico | 100% | 14 | 1:8,867,459 | 28,360 |
| Wales | 100% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 13 | 1:52,069 | 2,652 |
| Ukraine | - | 13 | 1:3,499,993 | 7,073 |
| Jamaica | - | 12 | 1:240,269 | 7,382 |
| Moldova | - | 12 | 1:296,762 | 2,284 |
| Serbia | 100% | 10 | 1:714,572 | 5,483 |
| Colombia | - | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Israel | 100% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Senegal | 63% | 9 | 1:1,620,151 | 12,107 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9 | 1:3,355,766 | 50,812 |
| Singapore | 100% | 8 | 1:785,882 | 13,409 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 7 | 1:8,757 | 1,332 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7 | 1:7,541,188 | 37,665 |
| Zambia | - | 7 | 1:2,264,971 | 21,963 |
| Uganda | 100% | 6 | 1:6,826,153 | 53,479 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Cameroon | 65% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Kosovo | - | 5 | 1:372,288 | 10,773 |
| Peru | 100% | 5 | 1:6,358,291 | 42,272 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,062,013 | 3,906 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 4 | 1:118,910 | 1,275 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 3 | 1:7,691,978 | 82,363 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Burkina Faso | 50% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Greece | 100% | 2 | 1:5,467,274 | 17,678 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 2 | 1:26,776 | 754 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Óla (56), Olá (14), Oļa (1), Öla (1), Olà (1), Olâ (1) & Ölâ (1) are calculated separately.
Ola (66,945) may also be a surname.
Ola Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Hebrew name, meaning: Eternity.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Latin name, meaning: A wave. (Hebrew) Eternal.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ola Forename Popularity
Ola Demographics
Ola Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 3,016 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Ola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ola in the Russian language | ||
| Ола | ola | - |
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