Olosan Surname

1,206,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 195 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Olosan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olosan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1531:661,68868,918
Nigeria351:5,061,222131,727
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Olosan (17) may also be a first name.

Olosan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olosan occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olosan? popularity and diffusion

Olosan is the 1,206,588th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name Olosan is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Olosan are found; 78 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 78 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Olosan is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 17 people.

The last name Olosan is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 661,688. In The Philippines Olosan is most common in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 93 percent reside, Ilocos, where 4 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside The Philippines it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 3 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 Olosan
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