Olami Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Olami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 200 | 1:885,714 | 38,609 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Olami (377) may also be a first name.
Olami Demographics
Olami Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Olami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olami (Oriya: ଓଲାମି) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olami? popularity and diffusion
Olami is the 717,442nd most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,905,518 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Olami are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 49 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 446,783rd most widespread forename on earth, held by 377 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 200 people, or 1 in 885,714. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 23 percent are found, Anambra, where 23 percent are found and Ondo, where 12 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Olami is found in 15 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 percent are found.
Olami Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (82%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olami in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଲାମି | olami | - |
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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 Olami
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