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
The surname Olame (Marathi: फ़ोलामे) is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,152,132nd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Olame reside; 86 percent reside in Central Africa and 76 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Olame is also the 930,172nd most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 103 people.
The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 769,579. Besides The DR Congo this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 38 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
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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