Oleme Surname
Approximately 1,397 people bear this surname
Oleme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,278 | 1:16,251 | 2,225 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Oleme (145) may also be a first name.
Oleme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oleme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oleme is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oleme? popularity and diffusion
It is the 277,333rd most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,216,568 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oleme live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 766,399th most frequent first name globally It is held by 145 people.
Oleme is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,278 people, or 1 in 16,251. In Cameroon Oleme is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 86 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found and South Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Oleme
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