Olamah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Olamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
Olamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olamah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Olamah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olamah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Olamah live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Olamah is most common in: Benue, where 80 percent are found and Edo, where 20 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 44 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Olamah
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