Olefa Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Olefa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 77 | 1:28,402 | 5,684 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Olefa (126) may also be a first name.
Olefa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olefa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olefa occurs most in Botswana. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Olefa.
How Common Is The Last Name Olefa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,894,523rd most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Olefa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olefa are found; 80 percent are found in Southern Africa and 80 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 829,183rd most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 126 people.
The surname is most numerous in Botswana, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 28,402. Excluding Botswana this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 15 percent are found and Kenya, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olaefa | 91 | 10 | / |
| Oleafa | 91 | 5 | / |
| Oulefa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Golefa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oliefa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ouleifa | 83 | 19 | / |
| Oulefai | 83 | 1 | / |
| Olafa | 80 | 716 | / |
| Olofa | 80 | 241 | / |
| Olifa | 80 | 57 | / |
| Alefa | 80 | 24 | / |
| Elefa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Olefo | 80 | 11 | / |
| Olefe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ulefa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olefi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olaifa | 73 | 8,925 | / |
| Holifa | 73 | 527 | / |
| Olaafa | 73 | 317 | / |
| Oleffe | 73 | 101 | / |
| Ujlefa | 73 | 30 | / |
| Olaïfa | 73 | 27 | / |
| Aleefa | 73 | 15 | / |
| Olofai | 73 | 11 | / |
| Olaffa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Olaîfa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Halefa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Oliafa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Oloffa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Olefer | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ollafa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Alefay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Olifah | 73 | 5 | / |
| Olafau | 73 | 5 | / |
| Oulifa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Oliefe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Olafaj | 73 | 2 | / |
| Elhefa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Alefea | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oleife | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olifat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Galefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Allefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aalefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alevfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elaefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aleifa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eleufa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Holefi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olofah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aletfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eleffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alefah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olefed | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olofea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olafah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Holifah | 67 | 5,258 | / |
| Olahafa | 67 | 70 | / |
| Aliefah | 67 | 11 | / |
| Aleijfa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Haleefa | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aliefai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Olaifai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Elheffa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Olaifah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oliaifa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Olaifat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aleafai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ellefai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Halefay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uolaifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Galeefa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Holaifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goulifa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Olefa
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