Olimah Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Olimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Olimah (58) may also be a first name.
Olimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olimah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Olimah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Olimah is the 1,806,862nd most frequently used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Olimah live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 58 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria Olimah is most frequent in: Abia, where 37 percent reside, Benue, where 18 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Olimah
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