Ola Surname
Approximately 66,945 people bear this surname
Ola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42,364 | 1:4,181 | 560 |
| Indonesia | 8,174 | 1:16,179 | 2,014 |
| Philippines | 3,911 | 1:25,886 | 3,514 |
| Egypt | 1,952 | 1:47,098 | 4,665 |
| India | 1,829 | 1:419,391 | 22,005 |
| Ghana | 1,178 | 1:22,938 | 2,795 |
| Cameroon | 866 | 1:23,983 | 3,243 |
| United States | 744 | 1:487,176 | 41,154 |
| Romania | 669 | 1:30,012 | 3,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 527 | 1:15,472 | 1,502 |
| England | 499 | 1:111,659 | 11,511 |
| DR Congo | 451 | 1:163,813 | 16,894 |
| Guatemala | 367 | 1:43,822 | 2,151 |
| Argentina | 306 | 1:139,684 | 11,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Benin | 238 | 1:43,427 | 5,554 |
| Malaysia | 205 | 1:143,874 | 9,060 |
| Jordan | 173 | 1:51,112 | 5,096 |
| Poland | 173 | 1:219,704 | 28,713 |
| Brazil | 171 | 1:1,251,897 | 43,012 |
| Afghanistan | 139 | 1:231,318 | 4,068 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Uganda | 121 | 1:322,639 | 21,815 |
| Canada | 117 | 1:314,920 | 28,951 |
| Thailand | 115 | 1:614,246 | 104,344 |
| Ecuador | 94 | 1:169,211 | 7,393 |
| Germany | 87 | 1:925,350 | 65,249 |
| United Arab Emirates | 79 | 1:115,978 | 9,837 |
| Iran | 74 | 1:1,037,602 | 47,336 |
| Iraq | 63 | 1:555,899 | 8,855 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Latvia | 53 | 1:38,680 | 5,889 |
| Spain | 53 | 1:882,114 | 34,832 |
| Solomon Islands | 41 | 1:14,147 | 2,649 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Turkey | 35 | 1:2,223,469 | 73,459 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Liberia | 31 | 1:142,211 | 10,418 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Ireland | 29 | 1:162,377 | 7,171 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Finland | 28 | 1:196,311 | 16,703 |
| Taiwan | 26 | 1:901,721 | 6,312 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Palestine | 17 | 1:267,579 | 10,328 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Peru | 16 | 1:1,986,508 | 25,077 |
| Serbia | 16 | 1:446,559 | 18,714 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Olá (65), Óla (4), Olà (2) & Olã (1) are calculated separately.
Ola (481,617) may also be a first name.
Ola Demographics
Average Ola Salary in
United States
$45,263 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ola (Arabic: ألاّ, Georgian: ოლა, Hindi: ओला, Marathi: ओला, Oriya: ଓଲା) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Olá, Óla, Olà or Olã. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ola? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ola is the 8,505th most frequent family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 108,859 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Ola live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ola is also the 2,101st most frequent first name worldwide, held by 481,617 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42,364 people, or 1 in 4,181. In Nigeria Ola is most numerous in: Oyo, where 20 percent are found, Lagos, where 11 percent are found and Osun, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 117 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 12 percent are found and The Philippines, where 6 percent are found.
Ola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (84%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Ola surname are 39.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.75% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ola earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 25.57% less than the national average, earning 257,581 kr per year; in Peru they earn 56.54% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,424 per year; in South Africa they earn 63.41% less than the national average, earning R 86,952 per year; in United States they earn 4.9% more than the national average, earning $45,263 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.48% less than the national average, earning $44,474 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ola in the Georgian language | ||
| ოლა | ola | - |
| Ola in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଲା | ola | 97.47 |
| ଓଲ | ola | 2.11 |
| Ola in the Marathi language | ||
| ओला | ola | 92.86 |
| ऑला | ola | 7.14 |
| Ola in the Hindi language | ||
| ओला | ola | 92.09 |
| औला | aula | 4.68 |
| ोल | ola | 2.16 |
| ोला | ola | 0.72 |
| ऑल | ola | 0.36 |
| Ola in the Arabic language | ||
| ألاّ | ala | - |
| اولاّ | awla | - |
| لعلا | lla | - |
| عٌلا | unla | - |
| علآ | la | - |
| علاْ | la | - |
| عُلاّ | ula | - |
| علاّ | la | - |
| عًلا | anla | - |
| علأ | la | - |
| عُلا | ula | - |
| علا | la | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ola
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