Olaus Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Olaus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Olaus (160) may also be a first name.
Olaus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olaus is found most frequently in Brazil. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olaus is the 6,723,624th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Olaus reside; 50 percent reside in South America and 50 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 725,185th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 160 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil it is most common in: Santa Catarina, where 50 percent live, Goiás, where 25 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 25 percent live. Not including Brazil Olaus is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 38 percent live and Norway, where 13 percent live.
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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 Olaus
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