Olga Forename
48th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 6,624,899 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Belarus
Olga Forename Definition:
A female name. a Russian name of Scandinavian origin, from Norse Helga ‘holy’. Used in England in recent times like other Russian names (cf. Vera, Sonia).
Olga Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 3,609,220 | 1:40 | 5 |
| Belarus | 100% | 313,361 | 1:30 | 1 |
| Colombia | 100% | 253,596 | 1:188 | 25 |
| Mexico | 100% | 237,666 | 1:522 | 101 |
| Argentina | 100% | 200,647 | 1:213 | 49 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 199,038 | 1:89 | 6 |
| United States | 100% | 143,693 | 1:2,523 | 459 |
| Germany | 100% | 93,735 | 1:1,031 | 232 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 87,200 | 1:353 | 55 |
| Poland | 99% | 83,783 | 1:454 | 94 |
| Peru | 100% | 82,647 | 1:385 | 56 |
| Brazil | 99% | 72,804 | 1:2,943 | 440 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 64,993 | 1:248 | 39 |
| Spain | 100% | 61,254 | 1:760 | 140 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 60,346 | 1:139 | 22 |
| Ecuador | - | 57,222 | 1:310 | 53 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 56,709 | 1:533 | 65 |
| Cuba | - | 52,394 | 1:220 | 47 |
| Moldova | 100% | 49,574 | 1:72 | 13 |
| Chile | 100% | 48,247 | 1:365 | 83 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 46,837 | 1:117 | 17 |
| Mozambique | - | 42,239 | 1:645 | 137 |
| Greece | 100% | 40,711 | 1:269 | 53 |
| Serbia | 100% | 40,257 | 1:178 | 37 |
| Czechia | 100% | 36,925 | 1:289 | 79 |
| Italy | 100% | 35,626 | 1:1,714 | 259 |
| Honduras | 100% | 32,101 | 1:275 | 35 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 23,268 | 1:3,173 | 459 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 22,349 | 1:267 | 20 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 21,040 | 1:496 | 56 |
| Latvia | 100% | 19,708 | 1:102 | 12 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 19,463 | 1:372 | 65 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 19,347 | 1:1,221 | 285 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 19,078 | 1:556 | 124 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,501 | 1:2,948 | 538 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 17,654 | 1:270 | 31 |
| Angola | 100% | 16,870 | 1:1,598 | 324 |
| Israel | 100% | 16,306 | 1:515 | 85 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 16,284 | 1:210 | 38 |
| Portugal | - | 15,948 | 1:653 | 110 |
| Canada | 100% | 13,937 | 1:2,377 | 476 |
| Transnistria | 99% | 13,084 | 1:36 | 5 |
| England | 100% | 12,244 | 1:4,541 | 512 |
| Estonia | 100% | 11,019 | 1:119 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 10,107 | 1:1,672 | 352 |
| Hungary | 100% | 9,670 | 1:1,013 | 138 |
| France | 100% | 9,565 | 1:6,949 | 528 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9,129 | 1:659 | 121 |
| Lithuania | 98% | 8,144 | 1:362 | 106 |
| Sudan | - | 7,734 | 1:4,888 | 775 |
| El Salvador | - | 7,180 | 1:883 | 151 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 7,051 | 1:13,836 | 1,933 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 6,879 | 1:516 | 99 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6,769 | 1:363 | 92 |
| Indonesia | 92% | 6,028 | 1:42,794 | 5,548 |
| Austria | 100% | 5,765 | 1:1,477 | 240 |
| Panama | 100% | 5,524 | 1:707 | 102 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 5,373 | 1:1,529 | 321 |
| Egypt | 100% | 5,205 | 1:17,656 | 1,407 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4,837 | 1:872 | 190 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4,690 | 1:1,490 | 286 |
| Georgia | 100% | 4,579 | 1:816 | 176 |
| Norway | 100% | 4,456 | 1:1,152 | 256 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,431 | 1:15,813 | 2,323 |
| Philippines | 99% | 4,313 | 1:24,579 | 2,368 |
| Romania | 100% | 4,306 | 1:4,657 | 441 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,986 | 1:2,883 | 559 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,916 | 1:2,517 | 366 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,626 | 1:3,136 | 631 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 3,591 | 1:177 | 28 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,447 | 1:6,269 | 887 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 3,335 | 1:627 | 128 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 3,289 | 1:1,072 | 290 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,200 | 1:901 | 233 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,047 | 1:7,573 | 848 |
| Finland | 100% | 2,986 | 1:1,836 | 346 |
| Australia | - | 2,322 | 1:5,882 | 721 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,139 | 1:2,631 | 486 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2,038 | 1:2,606 | 251 |
| Denmark | - | 1,942 | 1:2,909 | 431 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,844 | 1:1,021 | 230 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,815 | 1:5,827 | 942 |
| Chad | 86% | 1,792 | 1:7,588 | 1,203 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1,667 | 1:523 | 91 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1,656 | 1:1,763 | 340 |
| Ukraine | - | 1,631 | 1:27,897 | 412 |
| Tanzania | 98% | 1,541 | 1:34,256 | 2,879 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,501 | 1:3,094 | 382 |
| Togo | - | 1,483 | 1:4,881 | 807 |
| Uganda | 99% | 1,448 | 1:28,285 | 2,054 |
| Ghana | - | 1,348 | 1:20,019 | 1,515 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,256 | 1:27,348 | 1,493 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| Namibia | - | 1,177 | 1:2,043 | 395 |
| New Zealand | - | 989 | 1:4,586 | 662 |
| Kenya | 100% | 966 | 1:47,937 | 3,317 |
| Turkey | 96% | 861 | 1:90,362 | 3,025 |
| Azerbaijan | 98% | 846 | 1:11,398 | 1,365 |
| India | 100% | 825 | 1:1,472,579 | 84,980 |
| Haiti | 100% | 819 | 1:13,098 | 1,276 |
| Congo | 100% | 759 | 1:6,600 | 914 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Wales | 100% | 703 | 1:4,402 | 556 |
| Belize | 100% | 700 | 1:506 | 54 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 569 | 1:32,301 | 2,569 |
| Kosovo | - | 521 | 1:3,573 | 703 |
| Malawi | 100% | 508 | 1:33,686 | 2,551 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 500 | 1:1,128 | 234 |
| Scotland | 100% | 480 | 1:11,147 | 744 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 480 | 1:32,133 | 3,159 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 461 | 1:66,052 | 5,116 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Iceland | 100% | 384 | 1:953 | 194 |
| Bahamas | - | 357 | 1:1,119 | 285 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 333 | 1:533,226 | 16,388 |
| Barbados | - | 319 | 1:908 | 214 |
| Guyana | 100% | 294 | 1:2,596 | 509 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 285 | 1:547 | 170 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71% | 281 | 1:29,012 | 2,880 |
| Andorra | - | 277 | 1:299 | 51 |
| Jordan | 100% | 271 | 1:32,571 | 1,317 |
| Japan | - | 249 | 1:514,000 | 11,223 |
| Botswana | 100% | 232 | 1:9,416 | 1,376 |
| Zambia | - | 219 | 1:72,396 | 3,907 |
| China | - | 210 | 1:6,505,028 | 59,300 |
| Iran | 100% | 205 | 1:382,912 | 5,236 |
| Aruba | - | 192 | 1:541 | 75 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 190 | 1:9,701 | 748 |
| Senegal | 99% | 187 | 1:77,975 | 2,495 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 186 | 1:7,319 | 1,171 |
| Malta | - | 182 | 1:2,359 | 423 |
| Suriname | 100% | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 163 | 1:1,493 | 295 |
| Algeria | - | 122 | 1:312,924 | 3,842 |
| Cape Verde | - | 117 | 1:4,523 | 633 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 109 | 1:65,615 | 5,687 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 105 | 1:1,045 | 218 |
| Albania | 99% | 102 | 1:29,868 | 3,313 |
| French Polynesia | - | 92 | 1:3,021 | 604 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Mauritius | - | 87 | 1:14,917 | 1,616 |
| Palestine | 100% | 83 | 1:54,820 | 1,531 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 80 | 1:3,977 | 745 |
| South Korea | - | 79 | 1:70,183 | 4,107 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 77 | 1:2,493 | 481 |
| Monaco | 100% | 73 | 1:527 | 91 |
| Qatar | 100% | 69 | 1:34,342 | 4,570 |
| Singapore | 100% | 67 | 1:93,837 | 7,326 |
| Syria | - | 66 | 1:292,516 | 2,519 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 60 | 1:631 | 142 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 55 | 1:1,807 | 380 |
| Hong Kong | - | 51 | 1:152,014 | 3,072 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 50 | 1:475,394 | 27,449 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Jersey | - | 44 | 1:2,272 | 391 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 43 | 1:6,283 | 793 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 42 | 1:1,170 | 262 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 39 | 1:4,559 | 781 |
| Burundi | 67% | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:1,751 | 405 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| San Marino | 100% | 26 | 1:1,266 | 229 |
| Greenland | - | 24 | 1:2,349 | 398 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 24 | 1:4,649 | 822 |
| Grenada | 100% | 22 | 1:4,915 | 816 |
| Tunisia | - | 22 | 1:30,768 | 1,943 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 18 | 1:10,797,649 | 73,414 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| East Timor | - | 16 | 1:76,148 | 197 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 16 | 1:5,788,945 | 3,683 |
| Bermuda | - | 15 | 1:4,322 | 727 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 14 | 1:451 | 127 |
| Guinea | 100% | 11 | 1:1,078,059 | 3,355 |
| Nauru | 100% | 11 | 1:1,084 | 171 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 10 | 1:5,355 | 511 |
| Lesotho | 83% | 8 | 1:255,000 | 16,349 |
| Liberia | 100% | 8 | 1:551,508 | 14,444 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 7 | 1:7,837 | 1,103 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 3 | 1:193,652 | 6,393 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Ölga (2) are calculated separately.
Olga (13,863) may also be a surname.
Olga Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a Russian name of Scandinavian origin, from Norse Helga ‘holy’. Used in England in recent times like other Russian names (cf. Vera, Sonia).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
F. A Slavonic name of disputed origin: it is probably from Russian Oleg, ‘holy’; it may be Russian contraction of Adelgonda, ‘holy war,’ or even a derivation of Helena, ‘light.’ (Swan.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Teutonic (feminine) - Noble lady.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Holy. (Slavonic) Gracious.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Olga Forename Popularity
Olga Demographics
Average Olga Salary in
United States
$38,955 USD
Per year
Rank:
268,929 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.039612
Rank: 448 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
89.49%
Sample size: 83,825 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Olga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olga in the Russian language | ||
| Ольга | olga | - |
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