Oliseh Surname
Approximately 1,691 people bear this surname
Oliseh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,650 | 1:107,359 | 7,183 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oliseh (307) may also be a first name.
Oliseh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oliseh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oliseh (Arabic: اوليسيه) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Oliseh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oliseh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 237,397th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,309,607 people. The last name Oliseh is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oliseh live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 502,288th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 307 people.
The surname Oliseh is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,650 people, or 1 in 107,359. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 31 percent reside, Delta, where 28 percent reside and Edo, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oliseh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oliseh in the Arabic language | ||
| اوليسيه | awlysyh | - |
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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 Oliseh
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