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 is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Olaou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,882,912th most widespread family name globally, borne by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olaou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olaou is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name on earth, held by 22 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 96 people, or 1 in 107,663. In Benin it is most frequent in: Collines Department, where 96 percent reside, Zou Department, where 3 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 1 percent reside. Not including Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 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 Olaou
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