Oleg Forename
560th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,381,477 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria
Oleg Forename User-submission:
The name Oleg means 'king of the gods', or 'sacred for the gods', later 'given to the gods' in the context of old Scandinavian polytheist religion. Just as the king's power comes from God, here it means the sacred power of the Cosmos has given Oleg to the gods.
Oleg Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 1,088,707 | 1:132 | 35 |
| Belarus | 100% | 75,798 | 1:125 | 38 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 63,964 | 1:277 | 53 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 36,953 | 1:833 | 196 |
| Moldova | 100% | 22,704 | 1:157 | 43 |
| United States | 100% | 11,575 | 1:31,321 | 2,121 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 11,455 | 1:478 | 123 |
| Tajikistan | 95% | 8,158 | 1:1,027 | 201 |
| Israel | 100% | 8,080 | 1:1,040 | 230 |
| Germany | 100% | 6,616 | 1:14,613 | 817 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 6,284 | 1:951 | 157 |
| Poland | 96% | 6,220 | 1:6,114 | 341 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 5,773 | 1:82 | 21 |
| Estonia | 100% | 4,440 | 1:296 | 45 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,870 | 1:11,545 | 1,286 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 2,233 | 1:1,322 | 249 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2,008 | 1:3,481 | 513 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1,963 | 1:1,904 | 335 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,525 | 1:30,511 | 1,537 |
| Ukraine | - | 1,191 | 1:38,203 | 492 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,128 | 1:62,115 | 6,209 |
| Azerbaijan | 98% | 901 | 1:10,702 | 1,324 |
| England | 100% | 786 | 1:70,742 | 2,970 |
| Portugal | - | 784 | 1:13,279 | 740 |
| Finland | 100% | 708 | 1:7,745 | 720 |
| Latvia | 100% | 590 | 1:3,416 | 412 |
| Armenia | 99% | 494 | 1:5,908 | 662 |
| Egypt | - | 477 | 1:192,664 | 7,172 |
| Czechia | 100% | 471 | 1:22,625 | 607 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Morocco | - | 355 | 1:96,757 | 3,231 |
| Romania | 100% | 331 | 1:60,580 | 3,181 |
| Greece | 100% | 321 | 1:34,064 | 1,398 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 309 | 1:33,758 | 2,629 |
| Sweden | 100% | 303 | 1:32,534 | 1,964 |
| France | 100% | 293 | 1:226,861 | 3,479 |
| Algeria | - | 284 | 1:134,425 | 2,710 |
| Ireland | 100% | 275 | 1:16,886 | 931 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 271 | 1:62,369 | 3,928 |
| Italy | 100% | 262 | 1:233,061 | 3,174 |
| Belgium | 100% | 252 | 1:45,595 | 2,343 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 192 | 1:1,268 | 272 |
| Croatia | 100% | 182 | 1:23,171 | 1,171 |
| Australia | - | 175 | 1:78,044 | 3,137 |
| Norway | 100% | 154 | 1:33,327 | 1,621 |
| New Zealand | - | 149 | 1:30,443 | 2,005 |
| Serbia | 100% | 138 | 1:51,781 | 2,069 |
| Brazil | 100% | 131 | 1:1,635,390 | 36,807 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 129 | 1:63,671 | 2,478 |
| Austria | 100% | 124 | 1:68,663 | 1,749 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 113 | 1:46,992 | 737 |
| Japan | - | 97 | 1:1,319,444 | 16,783 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 94 | 1:9,267 | 841 |
| Mexico | 98% | 70 | 1:1,773,492 | 11,111 |
| China | - | 65 | 1:21,016,243 | 60,436 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 63 | 1:39,028 | 1,823 |
| Hungary | 100% | 51 | 1:191,996 | 1,030 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| South Africa | 100% | 50 | 1:1,090,653 | 40,324 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 49 | 1:12,951 | 1,254 |
| South Korea | - | 45 | 1:123,209 | 5,807 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 42 | 1:724,999 | 28,233 |
| Argentina | 100% | 40 | 1:1,069,331 | 5,401 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 33 | 1:1,623 | 303 |
| Ecuador | - | 32 | 1:553,966 | 5,646 |
| India | 100% | 32 | 1:37,964,937 | 716,884 |
| Denmark | - | 31 | 1:182,242 | 4,200 |
| Lebanon | 75% | 30 | 1:187,586 | 4,192 |
| Turkey | 100% | 29 | 1:2,682,818 | 16,510 |
| Indonesia | - | 27 | 1:9,554,210 | 309,150 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26 | 1:1,161,611 | 23,916 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Scotland | 100% | 25 | 1:214,015 | 3,700 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 22 | 1:25,639 | 1,366 |
| Jamaica | - | 21 | 1:137,297 | 5,200 |
| Philippines | 91% | 21 | 1:5,048,070 | 87,079 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 21 | 1:340,571 | 16,465 |
| Singapore | - | 20 | 1:314,353 | 9,609 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Peru | 100% | 18 | 1:1,766,192 | 19,056 |
| Albania | 100% | 14 | 1:217,612 | 11,047 |
| Iran | - | 13 | 1:6,038,221 | 21,383 |
| Chile | 100% | 12 | 1:1,467,267 | 11,454 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 11 | 1:320,405 | 4,213 |
| Jordan | 100% | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 10 | 1:17,756,436 | 163,035 |
| Zimbabwe | - | 10 | 1:1,542,382 | 46,134 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Hong Kong | - | 9 | 1:861,414 | 5,456 |
| Monaco | 100% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Wales | 100% | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Colombia | - | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Honduras | - | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Qatar | 100% | 8 | 1:296,201 | 31,456 |
| Cuba | - | 7 | 1:1,643,793 | 4,685 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 6 | 1:1,358,719 | 89,225 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| DR Congo | - | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Kenya | - | 2 | 1:23,153,555 | 56,680 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Olég (1) are calculated separately.
Oleg (985) may also be a surname.
Oleg Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Oleg means 'king of the gods', or 'sacred for the gods', later 'given to the gods' in the context of old Scandinavian polytheist religion. Just as the king's power comes from God, here it means the sacred power of the Cosmos has given Oleg to the gods.
- parangon4evertuThe name Oleg means 'holy', 'sacred', or 'blessed'.
- mustafabey487Oleg Forename Popularity
Oleg Demographics
Oleg Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,675 (2014)
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Phonetically Similar Names
Oleg Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oleg in the Russian language | ||
| Олег | oleg | - |
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