Oleksander Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Oleksander Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Oleksander (379) may also be a first name.
Oleksander Demographics
Oleksander Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Oleksander Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oleksander Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oleksander (Arabic: اولكسندر, Russian: Олександер) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Oleksander click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oleksander? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Oleksander is mostly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Oleksander live; 83 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Oleksander is also the 445,512th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 379 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,104,539. In Ukraine Oleksander is most prevalent in: Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 40 percent live, Chernihiv Oblast, where 20 percent live and Lviv Oblast, where 20 percent live. Beside Ukraine this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 17 percent live.
Oleksander Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oleksander Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oleksander in the Russian language | ||
| Олександер | oleksander | - |
| Oleksander in the Arabic language | ||
| اولكسندر | awlksndr | - |
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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 Oleksander
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