Olewe Surname
Approximately 1,517 people bear this surname
Olewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 812 | 1:56,872 | 5,640 |
| Nigeria | 643 | 1:275,494 | 15,634 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Olewe (170) may also be a first name.
Olewe Demographics
Olewe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Olewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olewe is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olewe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olewe is the 259,194th most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,803,920 people. The surname Olewe is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Olewe are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 701,320th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 170 people.
This surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 812 people, or 1 in 56,872. In Kenya Olewe is most frequent in: Homa Bay County, where 30 percent live, Kisumu County, where 27 percent live and Nairobi County, where 15 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 42 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Olewe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Olewe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 117.61% more than the national average, earning R 517,128 per year and in United States they earn 11.8% more than the national average, earning $48,239 USD per year.
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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 Olewe
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