Olffen Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Olffen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Olffen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olffen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olffen is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olffen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olffen is the 3,485,539th most widespread last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Olffen live; 88 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 603,113. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Flevoland, where 29 percent reside, Overijssel, where 29 percent reside and Limburg, where 21 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Bahrain, where 3 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olfen | 91 | 159 | / |
| Golfen | 83 | 16 | / |
| Alffen | 83 | 9 | / |
| Holfen | 83 | 0 | / |
| Golffin | 77 | 8 | / |
| Holfend | 77 | 0 | / |
| Alfen | 73 | 331 | / |
| Elfen | 73 | 102 | / |
| Olfin | 73 | 40 | / |
| Ülfen | 73 | 4 | / |
| Olfem | 73 | 3 | / |
| Halfen | 67 | 968 | / |
| Helfen | 67 | 682 | / |
| Golfin | 67 | 397 | / |
| Alfuen | 67 | 183 | / |
| Ulfeng | 67 | 89 | / |
| Olphen | 67 | 48 | / |
| Gulfen | 67 | 16 | / |
| Alfend | 67 | 11 | / |
| Alfeen | 67 | 10 | / |
| Galfen | 67 | 10 | / |
| Olfina | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oelfin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Elfien | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alfien | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alffin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alfenn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alfoen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elffin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Golfün | 67 | 1 | / |
| Golfín | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Olffen
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