Oleje Surname
Approximately 476 people bear this surname
Oleje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 376 | 1:471,124 | 23,774 |
| Uganda | 100 | 1:390,393 | 24,666 |
Oleje (52) may also be a first name.
Oleje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oleje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oleje is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oleje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 639,219th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 15,309,970 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oleje reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 52 people.
The last name Oleje is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 376 people, or 1 in 471,124. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 50 percent are found, Benue, where 18 percent are found and Plateau, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 21 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 Oleje
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