Oleja Surname
Approximately 605 people bear this surname
Oleja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 435 | 1:89,745 | 9,319 |
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Philippines | 61 | 1:1,659,643 | 109,715 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Oleja (38) may also be a first name.
Oleja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oleja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oleja occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oleja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oleja is the 533,524th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 12,045,530 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Oleja live; 72 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 38 people.
The surname is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 435 people, or 1 in 89,745. In Uganda Oleja is most frequent in: Soroti District, where 28 percent are found, Serere District, where 19 percent are found and Amuria District, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Oleja
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