Olenić Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Olenić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olenić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia71:355,38217,336
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289

The alternate forms: Olenic (173), Olenič (17) & Oleniç (3) are calculated separately.

Olenić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olenić Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Olenić is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Olenic, Olenič or Oleniç. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olenić? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Olenić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 355,382. In Slovenia it is primarily found in: Central Slovenia, where 57 percent reside and Coastal-Karst, where 43 percent reside. Besides Slovenia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 20 percent reside and Croatia, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olenic94173/
Olenič9417/
Oleniç943/
Golenić9215/
Elenić831/
Oleinic771,957/
Olenich771,659/
Olenici77414/
Olenicz77156/
Galenić7748/
Oleniec7713/
O'Lenic779/
Hulenić778/
Oleynic777/
Olejnic776/
Oleniez773/
Olenics772/
Alesnić771/
Ollenich71133/
Oleynich7197/
Holenich7117/
Oleynits714/
Oleanici712/
Oleinits712/
Oleinich712/
Olejnicz711/
Golenitz711/
Golenicz711/
Oleniecz711/
Oleinitš711/
Olenitch711/
Oleniche711/
Olinic6734/
Olenec6725/
Hollenits6714/
Oleničová6710/
Olenitsch679/
Gollenich676/
Elenič672/
Alenic672/
Olenicova671/
Olaniz671/
Olenyc671/
Olenez671/
Elinić671/

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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 Olenić
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