Oliwe Surname
Approximately 595 people bear this surname
Oliwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 594 | 1:298,220 | 16,664 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Oliwe (39) may also be a first name.
Oliwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oliwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oliwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oliwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 540,057th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 12,247,976 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oliwe live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oliwe is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 39 people.
The last name Oliwe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 594 people, or 1 in 298,220. In Nigeria Oliwe is primarily found in: Abia, where 31 percent are found, Delta, where 26 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Qatar, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Oliwe
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