Olisah Surname
Approximately 2,059 people bear this surname
Olisah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,031 | 1:87,219 | 6,103 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Olisah (211) may also be a first name.
Olisah Demographics
Olisah Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Olisah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olisah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olisah (Arabic: أليزه) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Olisah.
How Common Is The Last Name Olisah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 202,315th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,539,362 people. The last name Olisah occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Olisah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olisah is also the 622,565th most widespread first name internationally, held by 211 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,031 people, or 1 in 87,219. In Nigeria Olisah is most prevalent in: Anambra, where 33 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Delta, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Olisah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Olisah surname is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
Olisah earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 141.65% more than the national average, earning $104,271 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olisah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olisah in the Arabic language | ||
| أليزه | alyzh | - |
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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 Olisah
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