Oloun Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Oloun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Oloun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oloun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oloun is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oloun? popularity and diffusion
Oloun is the 4,427,875th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Oloun live; 80 percent live in Central Africa and 80 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,298,067. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 88 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 6 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 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
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