Olaou Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Olaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 96 | 1:107,663 | 12,089 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Olaou (22) may also be a first name.
Olaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olaou occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,882,912th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olaou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most common forename worldwide, borne by 22 people.
The last name Olaou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 107,663. In Benin it is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 96 percent are found, Zou Department, where 3 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Benin it occurs in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 1 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 Olaou
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