Olof Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Olof Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Olof (20,509) may also be a first name.
Olof Demographics
Olof Political Affiliation
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Olof Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olof Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olof (Russian: Олоф) is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olof? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,286,243rd most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name Olof is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Olof live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 37,123rd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20,509 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 331,121. In The Netherlands Olof is most numerous in: North Holland, where 73 percent live, South Holland, where 16 percent live and North Brabant, where 10 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands it is found in 25 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and Germany, where 19 percent live.
Olof Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Olof has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Olof surname grew 1,167 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Olof Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Olof last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Olof earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.49% less than the national average, earning $41,643 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Olof Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olof in the Russian language | ||
| Олоф | olof | - |
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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 Olof
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