Olliphant Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Olliphant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olliphant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1161:432,92031,560

Olliphant Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olliphant has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Olliphant.

How Common Is The Last Name Olliphant? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Olliphant are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States Olliphant is mostly found in: Arizona, where 40 percent reside, California, where 40 percent reside and Washington, where 20 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 8 percent reside.

Olliphant Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Olliphant has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Olliphant last name fell 91 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Olliphant Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Olliphant earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.14% less than the national average, earning $37,911 USD per year.

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Olliphant Reference & Research

Oliphant FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Olliphant
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis