Olexyak Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Olexyak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olexyak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus171:558,88650,306
Russia41:36,030,764577,589

Olexyak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olexyak occurs more in Belarus more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Olexyak.

How Common Is The Last Name Olexyak? popularity and diffusion

The surname Olexyak is the 4,307,654th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Olexyak is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Olexyak are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequently held in Belarus, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 558,886. In Belarus Olexyak is primarily concentrated in: Grodno Region, where 94 percent live and Minsk, where 6 percent live. Other than Belarus this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 19 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alexyak862/
Olesyak861/
Oleksyak8022/
Olesiak712,073/
Alesyak715/
Oleksiak675,653/
Aleksyak674/
Olessiak671/
Olesiák578/
Alesiak572/
Alisyak571/
Oleksiaková5613/
Oleksiakova561/
Aleksiak5376/
Alejziak5359/
Halesiak5339/
Olisziak533/
Galesiak531/
Alisheak531/
Oleksiac531/
Olisziake503/
Aleksjaks502/
Olesiejok501/
Allisheak501/

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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 Olexyak
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