Al Olayan Surname
Approximately 3,403 people bear this surname
Al Olayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 1,063 | 1:18,157 | 1,374 |
| Saudi Arabia | 994 | 1:31,042 | 4,349 |
| Jordan | 590 | 1:14,987 | 2,456 |
| Kuwait | 559 | 1:6,799 | 949 |
| Yemen | 153 | 1:172,714 | 8,042 |
| Oman | 29 | 1:127,171 | 3,290 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Al Olayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Olayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Olayan occurs in Syria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Olayan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 132,618th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,141,506 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Olayan live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
The last name is most commonly held in Syria, where it is borne by 1,063 people, or 1 in 18,157. In Syria it is most common in: Aleppo Governorate, where 90 percent are found and Homs Governorate, where 10 percent are found. Not including Syria Al Olayan occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 29 percent are found and Jordan, where 17 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Al Olayan
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