Olenye Surname
Approximately 208 people bear this surname
Olenye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 206 | 1:859,916 | 37,696 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Olenye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olenye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olenye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olenye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,152,132nd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. The surname Olenye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olenye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Olenye is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 206 people, or 1 in 859,916. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 83 percent live, Lagos, where 10 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live. Barring Nigeria Olenye exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oleanye | 92 | 39 | / |
| Olenyez | 92 | 2 | / |
| Holenye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Olenyer | 92 | 0 | / |
| Goleanye | 86 | 28 | / |
| Olenge | 83 | 710 | / |
| Olinye | 83 | 6 | / |
| Alenye | 83 | 4 | / |
| Olenje | 83 | 1 | / |
| Olenea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Olenee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Olenie | 83 | 0 | / |
| Oleney | 83 | 0 | / |
| Holenge | 77 | 27 | / |
| Allenye | 77 | 7 | / |
| Olengay | 77 | 6 | / |
| Oleniez | 77 | 3 | / |
| Golenea | 77 | 2 | / |
| Olenier | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oleniyi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oleniya | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oulegne | 77 | 1 | / |
| Goleney | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oleniyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Olionye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oelenje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oleynie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oleunie | 77 | 0 | / |
| Olainoye | 71 | 5 | / |
| Oleaniyi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goleniya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oleniecz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Houlegne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olaynoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olengiya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olengaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olenhead | 71 | 0 | / |
| Alenge | 67 | 1,806 | / |
| Ulenje | 67 | 431 | / |
| Olenja | 67 | 173 | / |
| Oliney | 67 | 98 | / |
| Ulenge | 67 | 78 | / |
| Olinoy | 67 | 42 | / |
| Alinye | 67 | 36 | / |
| Alegne | 67 | 25 | / |
| Alenea | 67 | 16 | / |
| Olinay | 67 | 10 | / |
| Olenou | 67 | 9 | / |
| Aleney | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alenje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Goleynaya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alenoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alenei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olengaaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olenai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olenji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aleneu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hollengee | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Olenye
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