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
The last name Olema (Oriya: ଓେଲମା) is found most in Uganda. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 122,877th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,960,072 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Olema live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Olema is also the 257,794th most widely held first name globally, borne by 977 people.
This surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 3,132 people, or 1 in 12,465. In Uganda Olema is most frequent in: Arua District, where 41 percent reside, Yumbe District, where 35 percent reside and Maracha District, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Uganda it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
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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