Olfsen Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Olfsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Olfsen Demographics
Average Olfsen Salary in
South Africa
R 514,104
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Olfsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olfsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olfsen is found most frequently in South Africa. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olfsen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,352,516th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Olfsen are found; 95 percent are found in Southern Africa and 95 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 859,964. In South Africa Olfsen is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 51 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 46 percent are found and North West, where 2 percent are found. Outside of South Africa it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.
Olfsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Olfsen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Olfsen last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Olfsen Last Name Statistics demography
Olfsen earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 116.34% more than the national average, earning R 514,104 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohlfsen | 92 | 10 | / |
| Alfsen | 83 | 689 | / |
| Olfson | 83 | 84 | / |
| Olfsson | 77 | 8 | / |
| Olffson | 77 | 0 | / |
| Golfshan | 71 | 72 | / |
| Alfson | 67 | 495 | / |
| Ulfson | 67 | 30 | / |
| Olbson | 67 | 16 | / |
| Alvsen | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ulfsin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olwson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alfsson | 62 | 117 | / |
| Ulfsson | 62 | 73 | / |
| Úlfsson | 62 | 30 | / |
| Elfsson | 62 | 19 | / |
| Holbson | 62 | 4 | / |
| Ulbåsen | 62 | 4 | / |
| Alvåsen | 62 | 3 | / |
| Golfzin | 62 | 2 | / |
| Ellfson | 62 | 2 | / |
| Álfsson | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gulfson | 62 | 0 | / |
| Gulfshan | 57 | 2 | / |
| Golvsion | 57 | 1 | / |
| Golphshan | 53 | 1,425 | / |
| Elvsén | 50 | 20 | / |
| Alfzon | 50 | 15 | / |
| Alfsom | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Olfsen
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