Olema Surname
Approximately 3,718 people bear this surname
Olema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,132 | 1:12,465 | 2,045 |
| DR Congo | 322 | 1:229,440 | 22,327 |
| Nigeria | 192 | 1:922,619 | 39,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Haiti | 10 | 1:1,068,391 | 11,823 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Olema (977) may also be a first name.
Olema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olema (Oriya: ଓେଲମା) has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olema is the 122,877th most common family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,960,072 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Olema reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Olema is also the 257,794th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 977 people.
The surname Olema is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 3,132 people, or 1 in 12,465. In Uganda Olema is most frequent in: Arua District, where 41 percent are found, Yumbe District, where 35 percent are found and Maracha District, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olema in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓେଲମା | oelama | - |
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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 Olema
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