Olaya Surname
Approximately 60,237 people bear this surname
Olaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 36,343 | 1:1,315 | 267 |
| Peru | 9,484 | 1:3,351 | 550 |
| Ecuador | 3,545 | 1:4,487 | 762 |
| Mexico | 3,420 | 1:36,294 | 2,154 |
| Spain | 2,363 | 1:19,785 | 2,177 |
| Philippines | 1,648 | 1:61,431 | 10,395 |
| United States | 956 | 1:379,141 | 33,508 |
| Nigeria | 699 | 1:253,423 | 14,617 |
| Venezuela | 570 | 1:52,990 | 2,569 |
| Panama | 215 | 1:18,197 | 1,266 |
| France | 187 | 1:355,202 | 53,191 |
| Argentina | 141 | 1:303,145 | 24,179 |
| Brazil | 138 | 1:1,551,263 | 51,554 |
| Iran | 117 | 1:656,261 | 35,321 |
| Costa Rica | 66 | 1:72,425 | 1,409 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| India | 42 | 1:18,263,461 | 278,402 |
| Chile | 33 | 1:533,833 | 13,415 |
| Uganda | 32 | 1:1,219,977 | 48,798 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Thailand | 12 | 1:5,886,529 | 390,733 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Cuba | 8 | 1:1,440,340 | 7,824 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Olaya (7,536) may also be a first name.
Olaya Demographics
Average Olaya Salary in
United States
$41,734 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Olaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olaya (Arabic: اولايا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻭﻻﻱ, Marathi: ओळया, Oriya: ଓଲାୟା, Russian: Олайа) occurs more in Colombia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Olaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 9,391st most numerous family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 120,981 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Olaya reside; 83 percent reside in South America and 61 percent reside in Caribbean South America. Olaya is also the 73,978th most frequently held forename globally, held by 7,536 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Colombia, where it is held by 36,343 people, or 1 in 1,315. In Colombia it is most numerous in: Capital District, where 23 percent are found, Cundinamarca Department, where 12 percent are found and Valle del Cauca Department, where 11 percent are found. Barring Colombia this last name exists in 58 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 16 percent are found and Ecuador, where 6 percent are found.
Olaya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Olaya last name are 34.02% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.25% registered with the political party.
The amount Olaya earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 5.62% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,295 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.97% more than the national average, earning $24,511,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.28% less than the national average, earning $41,734 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.54% less than the national average, earning $44,446 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olaya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻭﻻﻱ | awlay | - |
| Olaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଲାୟା | olaya | 92.31 |
| ୱାଲାୟା | walaya | 7.69 |
| Olaya in the Marathi language | ||
| ओळया | olaya | 90 |
| ओलया | olaya | 10 |
| Olaya in the Russian language | ||
| Олайа | olaja | - |
| Olaya in the Arabic language | ||
| اولايا | awlaya | - |
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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 Olaya
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