Olame Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Olame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Cameroon | 79 | 1:262,900 | 25,427 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Olame (103) may also be a first name.
Olame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olame (Marathi: फ़ोलामे) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Olame.
How Common Is The Last Name Olame? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olame is the 1,152,132nd most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Olame are found; 86 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 103 people.
This last name is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Outside of The DR Congo this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 38 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olame in the Marathi language | ||
| फ़ोलामे | folame | - |
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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 Olame
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