Olafs Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iceland
Highest density in:
Iceland

Olafs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olafs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iceland161:23,7561,850
France31:22,140,907385,998
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Ólafs (41) are calculated separately.

Olafs (281) may also be a first name.

Olafs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olafs Come From? nationality or country of origin

Olafs is carried by more people in Iceland than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Ólafs. Click here for further possible spellings of Olafs.

How Common Is The Last Name Olafs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Olafs occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Olafs are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 67 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 528,876th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 281 people.

Olafs is most commonly occurring in Iceland, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 23,756. In Iceland Olafs is most prevalent in: Capital Region, where 88 percent live, Northeastern Region, where 6 percent live and Southern Peninsula, where 6 percent live. Besides Iceland this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Olafs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Olafs has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ólafs9341/
Olaf891,003/
Olefs80208/
Olavs8036/
Olaff8032/
Golaf8032/
Olafe8019/
Oulaf806/
Alafs801/
Olabs801/
Ollaf801/
Olaif801/
Olafz801/
Oullaf73262/
Olaife73203/
Olaufe7342/
Oloffs7328/
Ollefs7324/
Goliaf7323/
Oulhaf733/
Houlaf732/
Oolafe731/
Oliavs731/
Gulafs731/
Gollaf731/
Holyaf731/
Oulgaf731/
Oelofs731/
Oleabs731/
O'Leaf731/
Olofse731/
Oliafe731/
Alaf67914/
Hollauf67282/
Olof67177/
Olaw6782/
Olav6738/
Olab6733/
Goliaff675/
Oliaife672/
Ottlauf670/

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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 Olafs
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