Oleya Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Oleya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Oleya (139) may also be a first name.
Oleya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oleya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oleya (Oriya: ଓେଳୟା, Russian: Олея) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oleya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 872,430th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Oleya reside; 42 percent reside in Central Africa and 42 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Oleya is also the 784,558th most widely held forename globally, borne by 139 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 568,304. Beside The DR Congo this last name is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oleya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oleya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓେଳୟା | oelaya | 60 |
| ଓେଲୟା | oelaya | 40 |
| Oleya in the Russian language | ||
| Олея | olea | - |
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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 Oleya
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