Olliveira Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Olliveira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 166 | 1:1,289,604 | 44,167 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ôlliveira (1) & Olliveirá (1) are calculated separately.
Olliveira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olliveira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Olliveira is borne by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Ôlliveira or Olliveirá. For other possible spellings of Olliveira click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olliveira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olliveira is the 1,315,412th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. Olliveira is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Olliveira live; 98 percent live in South America and 97 percent live in Luso-South America.
The last name is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 1,289,604. In Brazil Olliveira is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 27 percent reside, Minas Gerais, where 14 percent reside and Bahia, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Brazil it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Olliveira
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