Olefs Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Olefs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 155 | 1:74,172 | 11,801 |
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
Olefs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olefs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olefs occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Olefs.
How Common Is The Last Name Olefs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,152,132nd most widespread family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname Olefs occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Olefs reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 74,172. In Belgium it is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Belgium Olefs occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 15 percent are found and Austria, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ollefs | 91 | 24 | / |
| Oliefs | 91 | 0 | / |
| Olef | 89 | 89 | / |
| Alefs | 80 | 305 | / |
| Oleff | 80 | 249 | / |
| Ohlef | 80 | 45 | / |
| Holef | 80 | 35 | / |
| Olafs | 80 | 24 | / |
| Olief | 80 | 6 | / |
| Olefe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Oulef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oleffe | 73 | 101 | / |
| Oloffs | 73 | 28 | / |
| Golevs | 73 | 24 | / |
| Allefs | 73 | 21 | / |
| Ohleff | 73 | 20 | / |
| Goleff | 73 | 15 | / |
| Olieff | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ollief | 73 | 5 | / |
| Houlef | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ohlief | 73 | 1 | / |
| O'Leaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aliefs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oleabs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Golews | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oelofs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oleife | 73 | 1 | / |
| Alefhs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hollef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olheff | 73 | 0 | / |
| Oleiff | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ellefs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Alef | 67 | 1,032 | / |
| Olev | 67 | 275 | / |
| Olif | 67 | 9 | / |
| Olyf | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hohlevs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Álef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouleff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouleiff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Golleif | 67 | 0 | / |
| Ohlheft | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Olefs
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