Ollum Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ollum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ollum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria351:5,061,222131,727
India91:85,229,487684,495
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Ollum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ollum has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ollum.

How Common Is The Last Name Ollum? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,746,821st most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Ollum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Ollum are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 46 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 40 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hollum91148/
Gollum9169/
Olum898,852/
Hollumn835/
Golloum831/
Allum805,429/
Holum801,136/
Oylum80967/
Ullum80758/
Ollom80423/
Olume80227/
Ellum8096/
Golum8060/
Oloum8045/
O'Lum8012/
Olaum803/
Oleum803/
Olgum803/
Olumk802/
Oğlum801/
Ohlum801/
Olumg801/
Oslum800/
Oolum800/
Hallum732,931/
Hellum731,308/
Oloume73803/
Hullum73698/
Alloum73174/
Hollom73102/
Allume7363/
Goloum7348/
Gullum7330/
Olluyn7322/
Allium736/
Gallum736/
Ellium735/
Ouloum734/
Hollun734/
Holume733/
Holumn733/
Olusem733/
Ollung732/
Ullume732/
Holgum732/
Allaum731/
Úllume731/
Golaum731/
Gohlum731/
Goilum731/
Olusme731/
Ollund731/
Goluim731/
Hoslum730/
Osleum730/
Allumn730/
Ulum6734,084/
Alum6732,584/
Elum673,792/
Olom673,052/
Halloum671,418/
Houloum67586/
Hollund67317/
Allaume67317/
Hollung6796/
Gouloum6761/
Olun6756/
Holluyn6740/
Ouloume6726/
Gullium6711/
Galloum676/
Allusme673/
Hellium673/
Helloum673/
Hallaum673/
Alloume673/
Gulloum672/
Gullaum672/
Alliaum672/
Gallium672/
Holoume672/
Hojlumd671/
Golliun671/
Oulhoum671/
Asillum671/
Ollguín671/
Allumth671/
Olumova671/
Helluim671/
Houtlum671/
Hallume671/
Allumne670/
Hallium670/
Holloun670/

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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 Ollum
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