Oleghe Surname

444,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 769 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oleghe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oleghe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7541:234,93713,691
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England41:13,929,515290,718
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Oleghe Last Name Facts

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

Oleghe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oleghe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 444,080th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 9,476,653 people. The surname Oleghe is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oleghe live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 754 people, or 1 in 234,937. In Nigeria Oleghe is mostly found in: Edo, where 49 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Oyo, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Oleghe exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Oleghe Last Name Statistics demography

Oleghe earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,167 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oleghei921/
Olegehe921/
Olege91143/
Oslegher866/
Aleghe83201/
Golege837/
Oleghi835/
Olegie834/
Oleger834/
Oleage831/
Olegee831/
Ollege831/
Goleghi77480/
Osleger7777/
Oligher7770/
Ohleger7745/
Olegues7723/
Olegger7720/
Olegich7715/
Oleguez775/
Hollege774/
Olleges774/
Gollege774/
Alieghe772/
Uollege772/
Golegie771/
Alleghe771/
Galeghe771/
Oleigha771/
Ollegge770/
Ollegie770/
Olleger770/
Alege733,552/
Olega732,341/
Olegi7334/
Holleger71125/
Hollegie7122/
Hollegha7115/
Allegher711/
Hollegey710/
Ohligher710/
Golleage710/
Oleaga672,492/
Oligee6797/
Olegui6776/
Halege6776/
Hollegger6770/
Alighe6755/
Alegeh6747/
Alegge6738/
Aleger6723/
Oligha6720/
Ollega6718/
Aliege6712/
Aleage6711/
Galege679/
Alhege678/
Oliega675/
Oulega674/
Golegi674/
Holegi673/
Allege673/
Alegee672/
Olegiy671/
Olighy671/
Alegha671/
Aleges671/
Olegoi671/
Aleige671/
Holligher670/

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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 Oleghe
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