Olfin Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Olfin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olfin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Olfin (215) may also be a first name.

Olfin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olfin is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Olfin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,100,440th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Olfin is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olfin live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 78 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 616,131st most commonly held forename globally, borne by 215 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 1,747,668. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 42 percent live, Gauteng, where 32 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 26 percent live. Apart from South Africa Olfin occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent live and Mozambique, where 3 percent live.

Olfin Last Name Statistics demography

Olfin earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 1.49% less than the national average, earning R 234,096 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Golfin91397/
Olfina918/
Oelfin916/
Golffin838/
Holfing830/
Alfin802,335/
Elfin80164/
Olfen80159/
Ulfin8012/
Golfphin779/
Alfina731,271/
Alfing73254/
Halfin73205/
Galfin73127/
Olphin73121/
Ulfina73108/
Helfin7395/
Gulfin7333/
Olffen7332/
Golfen7316/
Elfien733/
Alfion733/
Alfuin733/
Alfien732/
Golfín731/
Golfün731/
Elffin731/
Alffin731/
Holfen730/
Allfin730/
Hulfin730/
Golphin67969/
Hallfin6735/
Alfn677/
Aalfing671/
Gulfina671/
Olphint671/
Halffin670/
Holfend670/

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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 Olfin
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