Olchowa Surname

1,281,391st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Olchowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olchowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1741:218,44128,573
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Peru11:31,784,12364,452

Olchowa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olchowa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Olchowa is borne by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olchowa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Olchowa is the 1,281,391st most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Olchowa live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Poland, where it is borne by 174 people, or 1 in 218,441. Other than Poland Olchowa occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olchoway9353/
Golchowa938/
Olschowa931/
Olchow921/
Golchouwa881/
Olchawa861,256/
Olchova868/
Olchowoj802/
Olcova773/
Olchov772/
Alcowa771/
Olchavova753/
Olch7357/
Olkhova712,794/
Olszowa71822/
Alchawa7114/
Holcova7113/
Olchava716/
Golchof716/
Olchoff716/
Alchova714/
Olshova713/
Olchawo711/
Elchowo711/
Elchawa711/
Holch67470/
Golch67212/
Oleshova67197/
Olzhobay67173/
Oulch6757/
Galchova6731/
Olche6713/
Golchoff6710/
Olsch679/
Olcht677/
Golkhova672/
Olchovei672/
Holczova671/
Golshova671/
Olchs671/
Oelch671/
Holkhova671/

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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 Olchowa
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