Olow Surname
Approximately 10,773 people bear this surname
Olow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 7,107 | 1:1,893 | 190 |
| Kenya | 2,202 | 1:20,972 | 2,413 |
| Somaliland | 1,009 | 1:3,469 | 337 |
| United States | 126 | 1:2,876,658 | 169,773 |
| Djibouti | 100 | 1:9,149 | 584 |
| Sweden | 89 | 1:110,638 | 7,962 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Olow (1,616) may also be a first name.
Olow Demographics
Average Olow Salary in
United States
$50,995 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Olow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Olow is carried by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Olow? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 47,940th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 676,464 people. The last name Olow is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Olow live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 192,180th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 1,616 people.
This last name is most widely held in Somalia, where it is carried by 7,107 people, or 1 in 1,893. Barring Somalia Olow occurs in 29 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 percent are found and Somaliland, where 9 percent are found.
Olow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Olow last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.
Olow earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.18% more than the national average, earning $50,995 USD per year.
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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 Olow
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