Oliphants Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Oliphants Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
Oliphants Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oliphants Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oliphants is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oliphants? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Oliphants reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
Oliphants is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 67 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 17 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 17 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oliphant | 94 | 27,450 | / |
| Olliphant | 89 | 13 | / |
| Olipheant | 89 | 3 | / |
| Oliphante | 89 | 3 | / |
| Oliephant | 89 | 2 | / |
| Olipphant | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oliphaant | 89 | 1 | / |
| Olipant | 88 | 19 | / |
| Olyphant | 82 | 67 | / |
| Olifants | 82 | 48 | / |
| Olephant | 82 | 17 | / |
| Aliphant | 82 | 11 | / |
| Olifhant | 82 | 6 | / |
| Oliphand | 82 | 6 | / |
| Olipante | 82 | 1 | / |
| Oliphont | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ollephant | 78 | 0 | / |
| Olifant | 75 | 14,854 | / |
| Olepant | 75 | 0 | / |
| Galliphant | 74 | 6 | / |
| Alipante | 71 | 794 | / |
| Oliefant | 71 | 31 | / |
| Olifante | 71 | 4 | / |
| Olifaant | 71 | 2 | / |
| Olifanth | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olifandt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aliphont | 71 | 1 | / |
| Elifants | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ollifant | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gollifant | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Oliphants
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