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 held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olamah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olamah is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Olamah occurs mostly 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 carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 80 percent reside and Edo, where 20 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Olamah exists in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 44 percent reside.
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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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