Oehlen Surname
Approximately 162 people bear this surname
Oehlen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 81 | 1:208,484 | 28,519 |
| Germany | 75 | 1:1,073,406 | 72,288 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Oehlen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oehlen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oehlen is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oehlen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,364,059th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Oehlen are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Oehlen is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 208,484. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Limburg, where 75 percent live, North Holland, where 9 percent live and Gelderland, where 6 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 46 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Oehlen
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