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
The last name Olaus is found most frequently in Brazil. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Olaus.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaus? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olaus is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Olaus occurs predominantly 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 commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 160 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil Olaus is most frequent in: Santa Catarina, where 50 percent reside, Goiás, where 25 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 25 percent reside. Barring Brazil this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 38 percent reside and Norway, where 13 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 Olaus
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