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 last name Oloma occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Oloma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oloma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 643,972nd most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,472,497 people. Oloma occurs predominantly 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 widely held first name globally, borne by 114 people.
The surname Oloma is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 319 people, or 1 in 555,306. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 47 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Rivers, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 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
- 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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