O' Sullivan Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

O' Sullivan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O' Sullivan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2041:265,57726,568

O' Sullivan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O' Sullivan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name O' Sullivan is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name O' Sullivan? popularity and diffusion

O' Sullivan is the 1,168,344th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of O' Sullivan are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname O' Sullivan is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 265,577. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 45 percent reside, Western Cape, where 28 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 23 percent reside.

O' Sullivan Last Name Statistics demography

O' Sullivan earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 65.82% more than the national average, earning R 394,056 per year.

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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 O' Sullivan
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