Olinya Surname

201,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,067 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Olinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,0541:86,2436,052
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Olinya (292) may also be a first name.

Olinya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olinya (Russian: Олиня) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Olinya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olinya? popularity and diffusion

The surname Olinya is the 201,693rd most numerous family name on earth, held by around 1 in 3,525,663 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Olinya are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olinya is also the 516,683rd most frequently used given name in the world, held by 292 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,054 people, or 1 in 86,243. In Nigeria Olinya is most frequent in: Enugu, where 16 percent are found, Jigawa, where 13 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 0 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oleinya925/
Ollinya925/
Olienya921/
Olinyah921/
Oluinya921/
Olenya8344/
Alinya8332/
Olinyo8314/
Ulinya839/
Oligna834/
Olinea833/
Olinha832/
Olinia832/
Olynya831/
Golenya77203/
Oligney77164/
Alionya77115/
Golinia7795/
Oloinyo7765/
Golynya7743/
Galinya7733/
Golinja7715/
Gulinya775/
Alienya772/
Olainyo772/
Alinyay771/
Alinyaj771/
Ulitnya771/
Oleanya771/
Oliņa739/
Oliniacz715/
Ollenyah714/
Alinyass711/
Alinyayi711/
Alinyaai711/
Ollinjha711/
Alinea671,430/
Alenya67499/
Olenyo67424/
Alinyo67288/
Olenja67173/
Alinia67104/
Alinja6765/
Aligna6742/
Olinio6734/
Olinjo6716/
Ulinia6715/
Olegna677/
Oligno674/
Olenia674/
Olinho672/
Ulenya672/
Olenea671/
Olengaaya671/
Halinyath671/
Houleigna671/
Alénya671/
Olynha671/

Olinya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Olinya in the Russian language
Олиняolina-

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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 Olinya
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