Olewa Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Olewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 93 | 1:496,558 | 25,459 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Olewa (133) may also be a first name.
Olewa Demographics
Olewa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Olewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olewa is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,409,418th most commonly occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Olewa are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Olewa is also the 804,402nd most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 133 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 93 people, or 1 in 496,558. In Kenya Olewa is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 87 percent live, Kakamega County, where 4 percent live and Kericho County, where 4 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 percent live.
Olewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Olewa
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