Olavan Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Olavan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olavan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olavan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olavan (Hindi: ोलावन) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olavan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Olavan live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Olavan is most widespread in South Africa, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olavan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olavan in the Hindi language | ||
| ोलावन | olavana | - |
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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 Olavan
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