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
Oleme is found most in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oleme? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 277,333rd most frequently held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,216,568 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 widely held given name on earth It is held by 145 people.
Oleme is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,278 people, or 1 in 16,251. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 86 percent live, Littoral Region, where 7 percent live and South Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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 Oleme
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