Oloma Surname
Approximately 471 people bear this surname
Oloma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 319 | 1:555,306 | 27,054 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Oloma (114) may also be a first name.
Oloma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oloma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oloma has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Oloma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oloma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 643,972nd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 15,472,497 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oloma are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 114 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 319 people, or 1 in 555,306. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 47 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.
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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 Oloma
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